User and Group policies

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The User and Group policies use the process attributes for users and groups. A user or group name and a project list constitute a project assignment rule within the User or Group policies. There is no file associated with a User or Group policy as user policy data is stored in a security database.

The User and Group policies provide project assignment based exclusively on user names or group names, depending on the policy. They are integrated with user administration. Project lists can be specified for users and groups when these users and groups are created.

The following table shows the structure of a user policy:

Table 1. Structure of a user policy
User name	Project list
User1	project1,project 2
User2	biology,chemistry

To create a Group policy, complete the following steps:

Create a group by typing the following:
```
mkgroup staff
```

Create a project by typing the following:

projctl add biology_dept 1200 Project Comment

Associate the project biology_dept with the newly created group staff:
```
chgroup projects=biology_dept staff
```

Note: To create a user policy, complete Steps 1 through three, substituting mkuser and chuser for mkgroup and chgroup.

Once a user or group has been created, a project is associated with it. The users or groups can have several projects associated with them, but only one can be active at a time.