Managing Groups

Adding O3 Server Groups

In order to reflect in O3 Server a security scheme similar to the one used at the level of operating systems, it is also possible to define groups of users in O3 Server.

The use of groups increases the complexity of the security scheme and for simple security schemes the use of groups can be avoided.

Group managing activities include adding groups and adding users to a group.

To add a group:

1. Start O3 Server Administrator.
2. Expand the Services | Security branch in the Administration Tree.
3. Click on the Groups tab in the Properties Pane.
4. Click on the New button, located below the Groups area and containing the list of defined groups.
   When you click on it, a new group is added to the list under the name New Group.
   The Groups tab also contains two sub-tabs; General and Actors, in which the properties of the group selected from the list are grouped.  
5. Click on the General Tab of the new group and enter at least the name of the group.
6. Click on the Apply button in the General tab to confirm the new group.
   Then click on the Apply button located at the bottom of the Properties Pane to confirm all the changes to security settings made.
   

Adding Users to an O3 Group

Users can be added to an O3 Group in the same way they can be added to a role.

To add a user as actor in a group:

1. Start O3 Server Administrator.
2. Expand the Services | Security branch in the Administration Tree.
3. Click on the Groups tab in the Properties Pane.
4. Click on the group in which you wish to add the user.
   The Groups area contains a list of the defined groups and is located to the right of the tab.  
5. Click on the Actors Tab. this tab is contained in the Groups tab and contains a list of the defined actors for the selected group.
6. Click on the Add button in the Actors Tab and a new window with the list of defined users will pop up.
   At the top of this window you may perform a filtering by the name of the user.
7. In the window, select the user you wish to add to the group.
   If no users appear in the window, click on the search button at its top.
8. Click on the Apply button in the Actors tab.
   There are three Apply buttons in this Properties Pane: The one in the Actors tab confirms the users added as actors; the one in the Groups tab confirms the changes made to the selected group and the third apply button at the bottom left of the pane confirms all changes made to the security settings.