Add Groups to a Visitor Role
When you add a group to a role, you grant the users in that group—and any any sub-groups—access to any parts of a portal to which that role is assigned. For example, if you have a Manager Portlet, you can create a "Manager" role and add the "managers" group to it, then assign the role to the Manager Portlet. When a user logs in who is a member of the "managers" group, they see the portlet. If a logged-in user is not a member of the "managers" group, the user does not see the portlet.
To add groups to a Visitor Entitlements Role:
Notes: If a list of groups is not displayed, make sure you have built a group hierarchy tree for the authentication provider. If after that you still do not see a list of groups, the authentication provider probably does not allow read access (see View Security Provider Properties to find out). However, you can activate a text field for group name entry for authentication providers that do not allow read access.
If you are using an RDBMS authentication provider, be aware of case sensitivity when looking up groups. For example, group "Managers" is different than group "managers.
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