Group Memberships
Group Memberships define which
Users
belong to which
User Groups
and hence what permissions each user inherits from his or her groups.
Group Memberships can be set in two ways. You can either edit a user,
and change the groups that user belongs to, or you can edit a group
and change which users belong to that group. Both methods have
the same overall effect, but depending on what you are doing, one might
be more convenient than the other. For example, if you're creating a new
group and adding a lot of users to it, it will be more convenient to add
the users to this group on the User Group page.
Setting the Group Memberships for a User
To edit an existing user's group memberships, you need to access the user's details
with write access enabled. The page can be reached by navigating to the appropriate
user, using the Netsight Explorer.
To edit the group memberships for the user:
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Click on the appropriate user in the Explorer. The View User Details page is
displayed. You can see a current list of the user's groups towards the bottom of
the page.
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Click the "Edit" link next to the "User Groups Belonged to" Title. The Edit Groups
for User page is displayed. A listing of the user's current groups is shown.
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To add the user to a group, type the first few letters of the group's short name
in the text field. A list of matching names is shown in a drop-down list. Select
the one you require and click "Add". The group is then added to the list.
Alternatively, click "Browse" and select the group you want to add the user to with
the Netsight Explorer.
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To remove the user from a group, click the "Remove" link beside the group's name in
the list.
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When satisfied, click "OK". You are returned to the View User Details page, and
the list of the user's groups is updated with your changes.
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Click "Cancel" at any time on the Edit Groups for User page, to undo the changes
and return to the View User Details page.
Setting the Group Memberships for a Group
To edit the memberships of an existing user group, you need to access the group's
details with write access enabled. The page can be reached by navigating to the
appropriate user group using the
Netsight Explorer.
To edit the user group's memberships:
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Click on the appropriate user group in the Explorer. The View User Group Details
page is displayed. You can see a current list of the group's members towards the
bottom of the page.
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Click the "Edit" link next to the user group title. The page is opened up for
editing.
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To add a user to the group, type the first few letters of the user's display name
in the text field. A list of matching names is shown in a drop-down list. Select the
one you require and click "Add". The user is then added to the list.
Alternatively, click "Browse" and select the user you want to add to the group with
the Netsight Explorer.
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To remove a user from the group, click the "Remove" link beside the user in
the list.
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When satisfied, click "OK". You are returned to the View Group Details page, and
the list of the group's members is updated with your changes.
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Click "Cancel" at any time to undo the changes and return to the View User Group
Details page.
Everyone Group
All users are automatically made members of the Everyone group. You cannot
edit the memberships of this group nor can you remove a user from this group.
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