You can add User Groups to the Content Manager from an LDAP directory provided you have configured your system for use with LDAP. When you add a User Group you can specify the Publication scope of the group—the Publications the group has access to—and membership to other User Groups.
Before you begin
To add or edit a group, you must have system administrator privileges or Publication Management and Permission Management rights. In the case of the latter, you can determine Publication Scope for any Publications in which you have these rights.
Procedure
- Access the Content Manager Explorer Web site.
- Select Administration and expand the node.
A list of Groups appears in the content area
- In the Administration Ribbon toolbar tab, select .
The New Group dialog opens.
- On the General tab, enter the name and the description of the group.
- Select the Publications in which this group can be used.
- To make this group a member of another group:
- Click the Members tab.
- In the Directory Services pane, click the Add button.
A search dialog appears that enables you to search for an existing group.
- Fill in the following fields:
- Description—enter the name of your choice
- Directory Service name—enter the Directory Service name
- Search Type—enter SubTree or group
- Search Group DN—same DN as identified in the Directory Services you configured.
- Click Preview, then click OK.
A list of all the LDAP user accounts within the tree-node is displayed.
- Click Save and Close.
Results
The Content Manager creates a group:
- You can add rights and permissions in the Publications that are included in the scope of this group.
- When you configure a User, you can grant that User a Group membership to this Group.
If an LDAP group has been identified and if you set Group Sync to "on" when you configured Directory Services, the Content Manager can authenticate the users from the LDAP group.