AIX Group General Information
Use this page to specify information about a group. The fields on this page might vary, depending on how you have customized the profile page. Required fields are marked with an asterisk (*).
The following are examples of the fields that you might find
on the General Information page.
- Group Name
- Type a unique, user-friendly name for the new group. It is important
to specify meaningful group names because, in some cases, users might
have only this information to guide a group membership decision for
an account. The group name is restricted to a maximum of eight characters,
and no spaces are permitted. Group names must not begin with any of
the following characters:
- dash (
-) - plus sign (
+) - at sign (
@) - tilde (
~)
ALLordefaultin a group name. Additionally, do not use any of the following characters within a group name string:- colon (
:) - double quote (
") - pound sign (
#) - comma (
,) - equal sign (
=) - back slash (
\) - slash (
/) - question mark (
?) - single quote (
') - back quote (
ˋ)
- dash (
- Group ID number
- Type number that corresponds to a specific group name. The group ID number is an integer that uniquely identifies each group to the operating system. You can often substitute the group ID in commands that accept a group name as a value. The system automatically assigns a value, if the field is left empty.
- Administrative group
- Select this check box to create the group as an administrative group.
- Group administrators
- Add users that can perform administrative tasks for the group.
To add a user to the list of group administrators, type the user name in the entry field and click Add.
To remove a users from the list of group administrators, select the user name from the list of administrators and click Delete.
- Group projects
- Define a list of projects to which the user's processes can be
assigned. The project names must be valid project names as defined
on the operating system.
To add projects to the list of group projects, ype the project name in the entry field and click Add.
To remove a users from the list of group projects, select the project name from the list of projects and click Delete.
Click Finish when you are done with this task.