Groups provide an easy way for administrators to assign the same Rights and file access to multiple users at the same time. By using groups, administrators do not need to assign rights to each user in the system, but only needs to assign the user to a group and maintain the Rights for the group. Groups can be created in Active Directory outside of Axon Commander and then added to Axon Commander.
This article provides information on adding and editing groups, adding groups from Active Directory, assigning users to groups, and setting group rights.
Adding a Group
- Click Groups in the Administration navigation pane.
The list of Groups is shown. If this is the first time you are setting up Commander, no Groups are shown. - Click Add at the bottom right of the window.
Note: If your Axon Commander instance is connected to Active Directory, the Add new user-group dialog box opens. To add a non-Active Directory group, click Create (non-Active Directory) Commander group and continue with this procedure. See Adding a Group from Active Directory for information on adding an Active Directory group.
The User Group Properties dialog box opens.
- Enter the group information
- Name: The name of the group.
- Description: A useful description of the group.
- Click Apply.
- You can continue to assign users to the group and set group Rights or click Close to exit the User Group Properties dialog box.
Editing a Group
After groups are added, they can be edited and managed by the Axon Commander Administration application.
- Click Groups in the Administration navigation pane.
The list of Groups is shown. - Find and select the Group you want to edit.
You can use the Filter field at the bottom of the window to narrow the list of groups shown in the list. You can enter Name or Description information into the filter. - Double-click on the Group row. The User Group Properties dialog box for the selected group opens.
- Edit the group information as needed.
Note: You cannot edit the Name and Description of Active Directory groups.
- Click Apply to save the changes.
You can continue to assign users to the group and set group Rights or click Close to exit the User Group Properties dialog box.
Adding a Group from Active Directory
Groups that are managed in Active Directory can be added into Axon Commander Administration.
- Click Groups in the Administration navigation pane.
The list of Groups is shown. - Click Add at the bottom right of the window. The Add new user-group dialog box opens.
- Select the Active Directory Domain with the group you want to add.
- Click Add groups from selected domain.
- Expand the Domain and Users lists, then select the group(s) you want to add, and then click Add selected groups.
- The system adds the selected groups and Active Directory Users associated with the groups.
- Click OK to acknowledge the addition.
You can open and edit the group to assign additional users and set Group Rights.
Assigning Users to a Group
- Click the Users tab in User Group Properties dialog box.
- To add a user to the group:
- Select the user from the menu near the bottom of the dialog box.
- Click Add. The user is added to the list.
- To remove a user from the group:
- Click the user in the Users
- Click Remove. The user is removed from the list.
- Click Apply to save the changes.
You can continue to set group Rights or click Close to exit the User Group Properties dialog box.
Setting Group Rights
Group Rights are the same as user Rights, but the group Rights apply to all users assigned to the group.
- Click the Rights tab in User Group Properties dialog box.
- Select the checkboxes adjacent to the Rights you want to assign to the group.
For more information about each Right, see User Rights Reference. - Clear the checkboxes adjacent to the Rights you do not want to assign to the group.
Note: Users assigned to Groups inherit the Rights assigned to the Group.
- Click Apply to save the changes.
- Click Close to exit the User Group Properties dialog box.