⁠4.9. User Groups

User groups are collections of users inside the user interface. User groups allow you to apply a consistent set of permissions to a group of users at the same time, with any changes in permissions to the user group being automatically applied to all users that belong to that user group.

⁠4.9.1. Adding a User Group

You can create user groups to apply a set of roles to a subset of the users in the user interface.
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Procedure 4.18. Adding a User Group

  1. Click Administer → User Groups.
  2. Click the New User Group button.
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    The New User Group Window

    Figure 4.8. The New User Group Window

  3. In the Name text field, enter a name by which to identify the user group in the user interface.
  4. From the list of check boxes in the User Groups section, select the check boxes to include the corresponding user groups in the new user group.
  5. From the list of check boxes in the Users section, select the check boxes to include the corresponding users in the new user group.
  6. Click the Roles tab.
  7. Select the Admin check box to grant administrator privileges to the users in the user group.
  8. From the list of roles in the All items list, click the name of a role to apply that role to the user group.
  9. Click Submit.
You have added a user group to the user interface, and all users in that user group and its child user groups, if any, are granted the roles that the user group defines.

⁠4.9.2. Removing a User Group

Remove an existing user group from the user interface.
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Procedure 4.19. Removing a User Group

  1. Click Administer → Users.
  2. Click the Delete button for the user group to delete.
  3. Click OK when prompted.
You have removed an existing user group from the user interface, and the roles defined by that user group defined are no longer applied to the users that belonged to that user group and its child user groups.