Image forming apparatus, authority management method of image forming apparatus, and authority management system of image forming apparatus

摘要

There is provided an image forming apparatus which can simply create a role that is an assembly of the authorities for using each function of the image forming apparatus.;The image forming apparatus includes an operation input unit receiving an input of operation performed by a user; a selection information obtaining unit obtaining role selection information indicating a role selected by the input of the operation performed in the operation input unit from at least one role out of roles having at least one authority per role and registered in advance; an authority information obtaining unit obtaining information indicating the authority of the selected role; a display control unit displaying a role creation screen in which the authority that can be provided to the role to be newly created can be selected and displaying a state where the authority of the selected role is selected as an authority to be provided to the role to be created in the role creation screen based on the information indicating the authority obtained by the authority information obtaining unit; a selected authority information obtaining unit obtaining the information indicating the authority that is selected when an input for completing selection of authority is performed, in the case the input for completing the selection of authority is performed in the role creation screen by the operation input unit; and a storage control unit storing the authority obtained by the selected authority information obtaining unit in a storage area in association with the information indicating the created role.