Adding a Group with Admintool

You might need to add a group that does not already exist on the system. Perhaps a new group of users called “engrg” (from the engineering department) needs to be added.

Exercise 13.4 Adding a Group with Admintool

The following steps describe how to add the new “engrg” group:

1.
Start Admintool, if it’s not already running, and choose Browse, Groups.

2.
The Groups window displays, as shown in Figure 13.5.

Figure 13.5. The Groups window.


3.
Choose Edit, Add.

4.
The Add Group window displays, as shown in Figure 13.6. If you’re not sure how to complete a field, click the Help button to see field definitions for this window.

Figure 13.6. The Add Group window.


5.
Type the name of the new group in the Group Name text box.

6.
Type the group ID number for the new group in the Group ID text box. This should be a unique number.

7.
(Optional) Type usernames in the Members List text box. These are the users who belong to the new group. Usernames must be separated by commas. The list of users will be added to the group.

8.
Click OK. The list of groups displayed in the Groups window is updated to include the new group.

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