Manage User Groups

This section describes:

• Create a User Group

• Delete a User Group

• Assign Users to a User Group

• Remove Users from a User Group

The Management Console employs user groups to manage permissions and group together users who perform similar tasks. Permissions are assigned to user groups, not individual users. A user may belong to zero or more user groups and will be authorized to perform the actions that are granted to each user group to which the user belongs.

See Assign Server Manager Permissions for a list of all the permissions that you can assign to user groups in Server Manager.

The Management Console displays each user group that you add in a grid. You can sort alphabetically on each column of the grid by clicking the column heading. The Management Console displays this information for each user group:

• User Group Name

• User Group Description

• Users Belonging to User Group

• Granted Permissions

The Management Console is delivered with the following predefined groups:

• console_user

  Any user who successfully authenticates and possesses this role may utilize the management console. If users do not belong to this user group, they cannot access any of the management console pages. You must have this permission to sign into the Management Console.

• console_admin

  This role is equivalent to having all permissions granted to a user. Users who belong to this user group automatically assume the rights of the console_user user group; it is not necessary to assign them to the console_user user group. The jde_admin user is always a member of the console_admin user group.

  Note: The user groups that are delivered with Server Manager cannot be altered or deleted.