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# Temporary access

> Learn how to set up timed access to sensitive resources for user and machine identities.

Certain environments and secrets are so sensitive that it's recommended to not give any user permanent access to those. For such use cases, Infisical supports the functionality of **Temporary Access** provisioning.

To provision temporary access through Web UI:

1. Select the `Edit` button next to the set of roles for user or identities.

   ![Edit User Role](https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/platform/access-controls/edit-role.png)

2. Select `Permanent` next to the role or specific privilege that you want to make temporary.

3. Specify the duration of temporary access (e.g., `1m`, `2h`, `3d`).

   ![Configure temp access](https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/platform/access-controls/configure-temporary-access.png)

4. Select `Configure`.

5. Select the corresponding `Save` button to enable temporary access.

   ![Temporary Access](https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/infisical/images/platform/access-controls/temporary-access.png)

> [!NOTE]
>
> Every user and machine identity should always have at least one permanent role attached to it.


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