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Creating local groups on the storage system from a Windows system

About local groups  Top

You can define a local group on your storage system. The group can consist of users or global groups from any trusted domains. Members of a local group can be given access to files and resources.

Membership in certain well-known local groups confers special privileges on the storage system. For example, members of BUILTIN\Power Users can manipulate shares, but have no other administrative capabilities.

How to create a local group  Top

From a Windows system you can create a local group on the storage system only from User Manager or Microsoft Management Console. (If you are logged in directly on the storage system, use the useradmin command. For more information on managing local groups with the useradmin command, see Command for managing local users.)

How clients display local groups  Top

CIFS clients display the name of a local group in one of the following formats:

How SnapMirror works with local groups  Top

If you use the SnapMirror® feature to copy a volume to another NetApp storage system and the volume has an ACL for a local group, the ACL does not apply on the mirror. This is because the group is local to the source storage system. Because the mirror is a read-only volume and you cannot change ACLs or permissions on it, do not use local groups in ACLs for files to be replicated by SnapMirror.

If you want to use local groups in ACLs for files to be replicated by SnapMirror, you can do this using the MultiStore® product. For more information about the MultiStore product, see the MultiStore Management Guide.

Creating a local group and adding users to the group  Top

To create a local group on your storage system from the MMC and add users to that group, complete the following steps.

Step

Action
1

Connect to the storage system using the MMC as described in Connecting to the storage system using MMC.
2

Perform the following actions to create a local group:

  1. Click Computer Management, if it is not selected already.
  2. Double-click System Tools > Local Users and Groups.
  3. Right-click Groups.
  4. Select New Group.
  5. Enter the name of the group and a description for it in the New Group window.
3

If...

Then...

You do not want to add users to the group

Click Create.

Result: A new group is created on the storage system.

You want to add users to the group
  1. Click Add.
  2. In the Select Users, Computers, or Groups window, enter the name of the user in the "Enter the object names to select" box, as shown in the following example.
  1. Click OK.
  2. In the New Group window, click Create.

    Result: A new group is created on the storage system.

Adding users to a local group  Top

To add users to a local group on the storage system, complete the following steps.

Step

Action
1

Connect to the storage system using the MMC as described in Connecting to the storage system using MMC.
2

Perform the following actions to add a user to a local group:

  1. Click Computer Management, if it is not selected already.
  2. Double-click System Tools > Local Users and Groups> Groups.
  3. In the right panel, right-click on the group to which you want to add a user.
  4. Select Add to Group.

    Result: The groupname Properties window is displayed.

  5. In the groupname Properties window, click Add.
  6. In the Select Users, Computers, or Groups window, enter the name of the user in the "Enter the object names to select" box, as shown in the following example.
  1. Click OK.

    Result: A user is added to the group you selected on the storage system.

Deleting a local group  Top

To delete a local group from the storage system, complete the following steps.

Step

Action
1

Connect to the storage system using the MMC as described in Connecting to the storage system using MMC.
2

Perform the following actions to delete a group:

  1. Click Computer Management, if it is not selected already.
  2. Double-click System Tools > Local Users and Groups> Groups.
  3. In the right panel, right-click on the group that you want to delete.
  4. Select Delete.
  5. Click OK in the Local Users and Groups window.

    Result: The local group is deleted from the storage system.

Deleting users from a local group  Top

To delete users from a local group, complete the following steps.

Step

Action
1

Connect to the storage system using the MMC as described in Connecting to the storage system using MMC.

2

Perform the following actions to delete a user from a group:

  1. Click Computer Management, if it is not selected already.
  2. Double-click System Tools > Local Users and Groups> Groups.
  3. In the right panel, right-click on the group whose user you want to delete.
  4. Select Properties.

    Result: A list of users (members) belonging to that group is displayed in the Members box.

  5. Click the user you want to delete.
  6. Click Remove.

    Result: The selected user is deleted.

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