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Adding a user to a group

You can add users to groups from the Manage Users page and from the Manage Groups page in the Delegated Admin GUI.

When the delegated admin rights for a user REST resource type have the resources-in-specific-groups admin scope, a user is added to one of the configured groups when you create the user.

Adding a new user to a configured group

About this task

When the delegated admin rights for a user REST resource type has admin scope resources-in-specific-groups (and only in this case), a user is added to one of the configured groups when the user is created:

  • For admins having rights to only one group, the new user is automatically added to that group. No field for Select Group displays.

  • For admins having rights to more than one group, the admin selects a group to add the user to in the Select Group list.

  • Admins can select from both static and dynamic groups.

  • For dynamic groups, in addition to selecting the group, the new entry must also match criteria for membership of that group.

    For example, in a dynamic group of members with uid=user.111*, the uid starts with user.111.

To create a new user in that group, an administrator must:

Steps

  1. In the Select Group list, select the group name.

  2. Enter the value for uid that starts with user.111.

Adding a user from the Manage Users window

You can add users to groups using the Manage Users window in the Delegated Admin GUI.

Steps

  1. In the Delegated Admin GUI, go to the Manage Users window.

  2. Use to search field to search for the user to add to a group.

  3. Click the Expand icon on the appropriate user profile.

  4. To edit the user profile, click the Pencil icon.

  5. Click the Group Membership tab.

  6. Use the search field to search for the appropriate group.

  7. To add the user to the respective group, in the Nonmember Groups list, click .

    Result:

    The group moves to the Member Groups list.

Adding a user from the Manage Groups window

You can add users to groups using the Manage Groups window in the Delegated Admin GUI.

Steps

  1. In the Delegated Admin GUI, go to the Manage Groups window.

  2. To filter by group resource type, make a selection from the drop-down list for the group resource type you want to search within.

  3. Optional: To narrow your results, use the search field to search for the appropriate group.

  4. Click the Expand icon on your chosen group.

  5. To edit the group profile, click the Pencil icon.

  6. Under the group name, click Group Membership.

  7. Optional: To filter entries by resource type, make a selection from the Select a Type drop-down list.

    If there is a parent resource type, a second drop-down list appears. Make an additional selection, or leave it to All to see all entries in that resource type.

  8. Use the search field to search for the appropriate entry.

  9. To add an entry to the group, from the Nonmembers list, click .

    Result:

    The user moves to the Members list.