# Managing custom roles

Roles are assigned to users to manage their actions and control user activity through permissions.

Rather than assigning individual permissions directly to each user, permissions are grouped into roles. The **One Resource** platform provides certain default roles. However, if these roles do not describe the required set of privileges, then you can **customize new roles** as per the need of your application.

**Multiple roles can be assigned** to a single user. The user inherits the permissions from all the roles assigned to them.

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Only a **System Admin** can take actions pertaining to custom roles. However, they can grant **System Admin** rights to other users, in turn granting them permission to take actions pertaining to custom roles.
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