# How to create read only user in WAF 7.3

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**Created:** [September 29, 2021, 5:33am UTC](https://forum.airlock.com/t/how-to-create-read-only-user-in-waf-7-3/84 "2021-09-29T05:33:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![rsen31](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b487fb/32.png) [@rsen31](https://forum.airlock.com/u/rsen31)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 5:33am UTC](https://forum.airlock.com/t/how-to-create-read-only-user-in-waf-7-3/84/1 "2021-09-29T05:33:33Z")

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Hi Team . I want to create read only user in WAF 7.3 , but no option to create new read only users with airlock-user-manager-tool and showing the default four roles only (airlock-admin, airlock-supervisor, airlock-auditor & airlock-app-admin). Kindly guide me. Thank you

Regards  
Senthil R

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**Author:** ![dieti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@dieti](https://forum.airlock.com/u/dieti)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 10:59am UTC](https://forum.airlock.com/t/how-to-create-read-only-user-in-waf-7-3/84/2 "2021-09-29T10:59:31Z")

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Hi Senthil

I think that you want a system user, to access the console, right?. For WAF 7.3 and older, this is described in a Techzone article: [How to create read-only users for console and SSH | Techzone](https://techzone.ergon.ch/read-only-console-user)

In Gateway 7.6 this is part of the regular manual: [SMC](https://docs.airlock.com/gateway/7.6/#data/automaticcon.html)

The airlock-user-manager-tool is used to create users for the Configuration Center (Web UI) but not for SSH/Console access.

I hope this guidance helps.

Regards  
Stefan