Adding local groups to the filer

How to add a local group

You add a local group to the filer with the New Local Group window in the User Manager for Domains.

Adding a group with the New Local Group window

Use the New Local Group window to create a new local group as follows

Step Action
1 Open User Manager for Domains by choosing it from the Start menu.
2 From the User menu, choose Select Domain.
3 Select the filer you want by typing its UNC name, for example, \\FILERNAME, in the Domain field, then clicking OK.
Result
The User Manager window shows information for the specified filer, as shown below. .

4 From the New User menu, choose New Local Group.
Result
The New Local Group window appears.

5

Type the name of the new group in the Group Name text box.

6

Type a description for the new group in the Description text box.

7 To add a member, type a user or group name in the Members list box or use the Add Users and Groups window, as described in Step 8.
Adding a name with the Add Users and Groups window
8

Click Add.

Result
The Add Users and Groups window appears.

9 Click the arrow next to the List Names From text box to choose a domain that contains names that you want to add.
Result:
A list of names in the selected domain appears in the Names list box.
10 To add a name, type one or more user names in the Add Names list box or select one or more names and click Add.
11 Specify one or more name in either of these ways:
  • Click one or more names in the Names list box.
  • Type valid user or group names in the Add Names list box.
12 Click Add in the window where you specified the names.
Result
The names are added to the Add Names field of the Add Users and Groups window.
13 If you want, display the full name of a user associated with an account name by clicking Show Full Name.
14 Click OK.
Result
The names appear in the Members field of the New Local Group window.
Final steps in the New Local Group window
15 To remove one or more names from the list, select a name or names in the Names list, then click Remove.
16 Click OK to put the additions into effect.

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