diff --git a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/menu/TopMenu.java b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/menu/TopMenu.java
index d4a6ef33d06ee07c20e524ee7b059b19d5f2d68c..80b573230e678bd67ac13cd5415b4a08c69ed3a3 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/menu/TopMenu.java
+++ b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/menu/TopMenu.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public class TopMenu extends LayoutContainer
     {
         ADMINISTRATION_MENU_MANAGE_GROUPS,
         ADMINISTRATION_MENU_MANAGE_TYPES,
+        ADMINISTRATION_MENU_MANAGE_AUTHORIZATION,
 
         AUTHORIZATION_MENU_USERS, AUTHORIZATION_MENU_ROLES,
         AUTHORIZATION_MENU_AUTHORIZATION_GROUPS,
diff --git a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/menu/administration/AuthorizationMenu.java b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/menu/administration/AuthorizationMenu.java
index 849cc38448277216fe7ae5f0f54e325c82dae383..2189acb2e1d835fcdc38e929d2d404031f9f4bc5 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/menu/administration/AuthorizationMenu.java
+++ b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/client/web/client/application/menu/administration/AuthorizationMenu.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public class AuthorizationMenu extends MenuItem
     public AuthorizationMenu(IMessageProvider messageProvider, ComponentProvider componentProvider)
     {
         super(messageProvider.getMessage(Dict.MENU_AUTHORIZATION));
+        setId(TopMenu.ActionMenuKind.ADMINISTRATION_MENU_MANAGE_AUTHORIZATION.toString());
 
         Menu menu = new Menu();
         menu.add(new ActionMenu(TopMenu.ActionMenuKind.AUTHORIZATION_MENU_USERS, messageProvider,
diff --git a/ui-test/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/uitest/AuthorizationTest.java b/ui-test/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/uitest/AuthorizationTest.java
index 3444733873a4a0257a32c67e240d37450c2d1e6d..a20021fcb5ef26784a17033a5949457a1345bbab 100644
--- a/ui-test/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/uitest/AuthorizationTest.java
+++ b/ui-test/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/uitest/AuthorizationTest.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.uitest.infra.User;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.uitest.page.HomePage;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.uitest.page.InvalidPasswordDialog;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.uitest.page.LoginPage;
+import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.uitest.page.RoleAssignmentBrowser;
 
 @Test(groups =
     { "no-login" })
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ public class AuthorizationTest extends SeleniumTest
     @Test
     public void loginFailsWithValidUserNameAndInvalidPassword() throws Exception
     {
-        openbis.login(User.ADMIN.getName(), "invalid");
+        openbis.login(User.ADMIN.getName() + "begfga", "invalid");
         get(InvalidPasswordDialog.class).dismiss();
     }
 
@@ -39,4 +40,14 @@ public class AuthorizationTest extends SeleniumTest
         assertThat(browser(), isShowing(LoginPage.class));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void adminCanOpenRoleAssignmentBrowser() throws Exception
+    {
+        openbis.login(User.ADMIN);
+        openbis.browseToRoleAssignmentBrowser();
+
+        assertThat(browser(), isShowing(RoleAssignmentBrowser.class));
+
+        openbis.logout();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/ui-test/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/uitest/infra/ApplicationRunner.java b/ui-test/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/uitest/infra/ApplicationRunner.java
index eacb14a48baeb274742b66bc52f419bc897ac80b..75dbd2ca11d316d0e9605150e01e79453bd91d7c 100644
--- a/ui-test/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/uitest/infra/ApplicationRunner.java
+++ b/ui-test/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/uitest/infra/ApplicationRunner.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.uitest.page.AddSpaceDialog;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.uitest.page.EditSampleTypeDialog;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.uitest.page.LoginPage;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.uitest.page.PrivatePage;
+import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.uitest.page.RoleAssignmentBrowser;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.uitest.page.SampleBrowser;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.uitest.page.SampleTypeBrowser;
 import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.uitest.page.SpaceBrowser;
@@ -102,6 +103,11 @@ public class ApplicationRunner
         return getMenus().browse().samples();
     }
 
+    public RoleAssignmentBrowser browseToRoleAssignmentBrowser()
+    {
+        return getMenus().admin().authorization().roles();
+    }
+
     public void closeAllTabs()
     {
         getMenus().closeTabs();
diff --git a/ui-test/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/uitest/infra/SeleniumTest.java b/ui-test/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/uitest/infra/SeleniumTest.java
index 7c750e45ea4b7b0ec988b534198933d14e02811f..624932ba49beb8b17e174476364f5c6a396a68f8 100644
--- a/ui-test/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/uitest/infra/SeleniumTest.java
+++ b/ui-test/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/uitest/infra/SeleniumTest.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import org.hamcrest.Description;
 import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
 import org.hamcrest.TypeSafeMatcher;
-import org.openqa.selenium.NoAlertPresentException;
 import org.openqa.selenium.TakesScreenshot;
 import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
 import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ public abstract class SeleniumTest
 
     protected ApplicationRunner openbis;
 
-    @BeforeSuite
+    // @BeforeSuite
     public void initWebDriver()
     {
         System.setProperty("webdriver.firefox.bin",
@@ -69,17 +68,19 @@ public abstract class SeleniumTest
         delete(new File("targets/dist"));
 
         driver.manage().deleteAllCookies();
-        driver.get("https://sprint-openbis.ethz.ch/openbis/");
-        // driver.get("http://127.0.0.1:8888/ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.OpenBIS/index.html?gwt.codesvr=127.0.0.1:9997");
+        driver.get("http://127.0.0.1:8888/ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.OpenBIS/index.html?gwt.codesvr=127.0.0.1:9997");
+    }
 
-        try
-        {
-            driver.switchTo().alert().accept();
-        } catch (NoAlertPresentException e)
-        {
-        }
-        this.loginAsAdmin();
-        this.logout();
+    @BeforeSuite
+    public void initWebDriverForCi()
+    {
+        driver = new FirefoxDriver();
+        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        delete(new File("targets/dist"));
+
+        driver.manage().deleteAllCookies();
+
+        driver.get("https://sprint-openbis.ethz.ch/openbis/");
     }
 
     @AfterSuite
diff --git a/ui-test/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/uitest/page/AdminMenu.java b/ui-test/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/uitest/page/AdminMenu.java
index a418258a59b55c2fc5b4e7319d712ed8eeedf1b1..73d628c432a4e0f9bfc79ab2c527234bb8d537cb 100644
--- a/ui-test/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/uitest/page/AdminMenu.java
+++ b/ui-test/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/uitest/page/AdminMenu.java
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ public class AdminMenu extends PrivatePage
     @FindBy(id = "openbis_top-menu_SAMPLE_MENU_TYPES")
     private WebElement sampleTypes;
 
+    @FindBy(id = "ADMINISTRATION_MENU_MANAGE_AUTHORIZATION")
+    private WebElement authorization;
+
     public SpaceBrowser spaces()
     {
         spaces.click();
@@ -52,4 +55,11 @@ public class AdminMenu extends PrivatePage
         sampleTypes.click();
         return get(SampleTypeBrowser.class);
     }
+
+    public AuthorizationMenu authorization()
+    {
+        Actions builder = new Actions(SeleniumTest.driver);
+        builder.moveToElement(authorization).build().perform();
+        return get(AuthorizationMenu.class);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/ui-test/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/uitest/page/AuthorizationMenu.java b/ui-test/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/uitest/page/AuthorizationMenu.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a1aa3029ab7d804ea0d1c6d4a2f467c4523dae9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui-test/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/uitest/page/AuthorizationMenu.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 ETH Zuerich, CISD
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.uitest.page;
+
+import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
+import org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBy;
+
+public class AuthorizationMenu extends PrivatePage
+{
+
+    @FindBy(id = "openbis_top-menu_AUTHORIZATION_MENU_ROLES")
+    private WebElement roles;
+
+    public RoleAssignmentBrowser roles()
+    {
+        roles.click();
+        return get(RoleAssignmentBrowser.class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ui-test/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/uitest/page/RoleAssignmentBrowser.java b/ui-test/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/uitest/page/RoleAssignmentBrowser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7b5a106d2e01b63981008eb13058de47c02a4c79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui-test/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/uitest/page/RoleAssignmentBrowser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 ETH Zuerich, CISD
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.uitest.page;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
+import org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBy;
+
+public class RoleAssignmentBrowser extends BrowserPage
+{
+
+    @FindBy(id = "openbis_role-browser_assign-button")
+    private WebElement assignRoleButton;
+
+    /*
+    @FindBys(
+        {
+                @FindBy(id = "openbis_sample-type-browser-grid"),
+                @FindBy(xpath = "//*[contains(@class, \"x-grid\") and contains(@class, \"-header \")]") })
+    */
+    private List<WebElement> columns;
+
+    /*
+    @FindBys(
+        {
+                @FindBy(id = "openbis_sample-type-browser-grid"),
+                @FindBy(xpath = "//*[contains(@class, \"x-grid\") and contains(@class, \"-col \")]") })
+     */
+    private List<WebElement> data;
+
+    @Override
+    protected List<WebElement> getColumns()
+    {
+        return this.columns;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected List<WebElement> getData()
+    {
+        return this.data;
+    }
+}
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