Adding a member to a group entry

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You must add a member to a group entry. Group members are assigned various roles that define the tasks that a group member is authorized to perform.

Procedure

  1. From the navigation area, expand the Directory management topic.
  2. Click Manage entries.
  3. Expand the various subtrees and select the group entry that you want to work on.
    For example, select the group cn=Monday,ou=groups,o=sample that was created in the creating a static group entry task.
  4. From the Select Action drop-down menu, select Manage members and click Go.
  5. Specify the maximum number of members to return for a group. If you click Maximum number of members to return, you must enter a number. Otherwise, click Unlimited.
  6. Click Load to display the existing members of the group. In this example cn=Bob Garcia,ou=austin,o=sample and cn=Ricardo Garcia,ou=austin,o=sample are displayed in the table.
    Note:
    1. You can add new members without clicking Load for larger groups.
    2. If you add new members, and one of the new members you are adding exists, then when you click Load, the duplicate new member that you added is ignored.
  7. Type the name of entry that you want to add as a member of the group
    For example, cn=Kyle Nguyen,ou=austin,o=sample in the member field or select it using the Browse function (Expand o=sample > Expand ou=Austin > Select cn=Kyle Nguyen,ou=austin,o=sample).
  8. Click Add.
  9. cn=Kyle Nguyen,ou=austin,o=sample is displayed in the table. Click Apply to save the change and continue adding more members or click OK to save the changes and return to the manage entries panel. cn=Bob Garcia,ou=austin,o=sample, cn=Ricardo Garcia,ou=austin,o=sample, and cn=Kyle Nguyen,ou=austin,o=sample are now members of the Monday group.
  10. If you click the Effective group members tab and click Refresh, cn=Bob Garcia,ou=austin,o=sample, cn=Ricardo Garcia,ou=austin,o=sample, and cn=Kyle Nguyen,ou=austin,o=sample are now displayed as members.