Adding nested groups

With nested groups, you can provide department-wide access to resources with minimum maintenance. Within a department, the management structure can be organized into team account groups. Using a group hierarchy, you can give a user instant access to the resources of the department as a whole by placing the user in a team account group and then adding the child group to a parent group. The added child group gets all the access privileges that apply to the parent group.

Procedure

  1. On the RDS Groups page, right-click the group to change, and then click Properties
  2. In the Group Properties dialog box, click the Members Tab. The Members box lists all current users and sub-groups for that group.
  3. To add groups, click Add. The Find Users and Groups window is displayed. You can search for groups by using the Find or Custom Find options.
  4. To search using Find do one of the following:
    • In the Find Users and Groups dialog box, select Groups from the list.
    • Click Find. All the existing groups are displayed in the Find Results box.
    • Type the first letter of group name and description in Name and Description .
    • Click Find. The groups that match the given search criteria are displayed in the Find Results box.
    • Select a group and click Assign.
  5. To search using Custom Find do the following:
    • In the Find Users and Groups dialog box, click Custom Find and then click Customize
    • In the Find Objects dialog box, click Field, point to Groups, and then select any of the options from the list.
    • In the Condition box, select the search criteria.
    • In Value, enter a search value and click Add. The search criteria is added to the Condition List box.
    • Click Find. The list of users that match the search criteria are displayed in the Find Results box.
  6. Select a group and click Assign.
  7. Click OK in the Group Properties dialog box to update the changes.