Managing groups

Organizing users into groups gives you greater control over the users’ actions and allows you to set the permissions for a number of users at one time. Using groups, you can control which applications and services users can run and you can limit the number of simultaneous client and service licenses users can run. You can also identify the days and time periods during which users can run applications and services.

After you create a group, you can assign it to one or more user logins. When a user logs on to a Novera EPIC Kernel, Novera EPIC retrieves the user's group record from the LDAP database. Then, as long as license management is enabled, Novera EPIC uses the group information to determine if the user is allowed to run the requested client or service.

The Novera EPIC Management System creates two default groups:

nov00000.gif The User Group is a template for creating groups of general users. By default, the User Group contains all of the sample applications provided by Novera.

nov00000.gif The Admin Group is a template for creating groups of system administrators. By default, the Admin Group contains the Novera EPIC Management System applet and all of the sample applications provided by Novera.

To create a group

1. On the Resources page, click the Groups icon.

2. In the Resource menu, click Create New Resource Instance.

3. On the Groups property sheet, type a name for the group in the Group Name box. The name you type cannot contain spaces.

To delete a group

1. On the Resources page, double-click the Groups icon.

2. Click the group you wish to delete.

3. In the Resource menu, click Delete Resource Instance.

Tip

nov00000.gif After you make changes on the property sheet, you must click either the Reset button or the Apply button before you move to another resource. Reset cancels the changes you made, while Apply saves the changes.

nov00001.gif Related topics

The system resources

Managing Novera EPIC Kernels

Managing users

Managing membership to a group

Managing applications

Managing network services

Managing file systems

Managing printers