5.2 Creating user groups (10.2 server)

Grouping users together allows you to organise user files and restrict user access logically - and so simplifies some administrative procedures.

The following describes creating user groups.

Log on to the server as "root".

Select "/NetInfo/root" from the pull down menu at the bottom of the Workgroup Manager screen.

Records defined in this context are available to network users.

You will be asked to authenticate.

Enter root's name and password.

Click on the Groups tab.

This shows currently defined groups.

Click on the "New Record" icon in the top-right of the screen.

The Group ID will be filled in automatically - though you can change this if you like.

Click on the "Volumes" tab in the right hand panel.

Enter the details of where your group folder is stored.

For example, selecting the "Advanced" option allows you to enter the "URL" of a share point and the "Path" to the group folder.

You are also able to define a user to administer the folder in the "Owner Name" field.

Click on "Save" to make changes.

Notice that the new group appears in the group list.

Switch back to "Workgroup Manager" and click on the "Sharing" icon from the top-left of the screen.

Click on the "All" tab.

Now, set the privileges on the folder.

Set the "Owner" to the group owner name that you decided upon earlier.

Set the "Group" to "wheel" with read/write access

Give "Everyone" read access

Click on the "Save" button to make changes.