An access group is a collection of users that the system uses to control permissions and to handle notifications.
Use the
page to create new access groups, to add/remove users, and to modify group properties. The page displays a list of existing access groups. Click the name of a group to select it and display its properties in the lower pane.To create a new group, click the Add Group button to clear the fields in the lower pane (if needed). Then give the group a Name and select an Owner group (a group to control access to the new group; to edit a group, a user must be a member of the Owner group).
If you are using LDAP authentication, fill out the LDAP Group DNs field to tell the system which LDAP groups to map to your group. For example, you might map the Developer group to an LDAP group named SoftwareEngineers, and then assign permissions to the Developer group to provide the type of access you want your software engineers to have.
To add or remove users, select the group, then click the Users tab. The system displays a list of nonmembers on the left and members on the right. Select users and use the Add and Remove buttons to move them from one list to another.
You can nest groups, by adding a group as a subgroup of another group. When you do this, all the notifications and permissions that apply to the containing group apply to all the users in member groups as well. To make one group a subgroup of another, select the desired parent group, then click the Subgroups tab in the lower pane. Select the groups you want to make into subgroups, and click the Add button.
You can even recursively nest groups, for example, add a parent to a child so that group A contains group B which contains group A. If you do this, the system treats all members of group A as members of group B, and vice versa.