Opening a Security/Groups Subtab
Working in a Security/Groups Subtab
The Groups subtab of the Security tab displays the repository's set of user groups A named set of AccuRev users. Each user can belong to multiple groups.. Individual users A person who uses an AccuRev client program to access (read and/or change) the data in the AccuRev repository. Access is granted only to those who login with a "username" that was previously registered in the AccuRev repository. See login. can be members of any number of groups. Likewise, a group can belong to -- that is, be a subgroup of -- any number of other groups.
Access Control List (ACL) entries can apply to particular users or to particular groups.
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Choose Admin > Security from the GUI main menu to display the Security tab. Then, click the Groups subtab.
Status
(appears if Show hidden groups is checked) Inactive indicates that the group has been removed, and can't be used in the definition of an ACL A data structure that controls the rights of one or more users, or groups of users, to access the data within a particular depot or stream. entry or a lock A control on the ability to perform promote and include/exclude operations involving the stream.. A removed group can subsequently be reactivated.
Name
The group name. You can change a group name (for example, from sptgrp to sport_group) without disrupting AccuRev's bookkeeping, because it tracks group identities by their unique, immutable integer IDs.
A group name can be up to 96 characters long. A group cannot have the same name as any other group, or the same name as any user. See User-Specified Names for AccuRev Entities.
#
The integer that uniquely identifies this group. This number cannot be changed. [note ]
You can use this subtab activate/deactivate groups, and to perform operations that maintain groups and their memberships.
Show hidden groups
If checked, the table includes group that have been deactivated with the Remove command. This also adds a Status column.
Use the toolbar button to create a new group.
Add Group
A New Group dialog appears, in which you specify the group's name and its members.
To specify a group's membership, select one or more users and/or groups, and click the or
button to move them between the Members and Not members lists.
A user can be a member of any number of groups. Likewise, a group can belong to (be a subgroup of) any number of groups.
You can choose any of the following commands from the context menu of a selected group:
Change Group
Change the name that AccuRev associates with this group identity, or change the group's membership. A Change Group dialog appears, works the same way as the New Group dialog.
A user can be a member of any number of groups. Likewise, a group can belong to (be a subgroup of) any number of groups.
Reactivate a group that has been deactivated with Remove Group.
Deactivate the selected group.