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Expand Up @@ -133,3 +133,18 @@ behalf of another user. The value can be a user name or a comma-separated list
of user names. (You can also specify users as an array of strings or a YAML
sequence.) For more information, see
<<run-as-privilege, Submitting Requests on Behalf of Other Users>>.

[[application-privileges]]
==== Application privileges

Application privileges are managed within {es} and can be retrieved with the
{ref}/security-api-has-privileges.html[has privileges API] and the
{ref}/security-api-get-privileges.html[get application privileges API]. They do
not, however, grant access to any actions or resources within {es}. Their
purpose is to enable applications to represent and store their own privilege
models within {es} roles.

To create application privileges, use the
{ref}/security-api-put-privileges.html[add application privileges API]. You can
then associate these application privileges with roles, as described in
<<defining-roles>>.