User guide

Chapter 5: Managing User Accounts 165
To add a user-defined user group:
NOTE: You must have DSView software administrator or user administrator rights to add user-defined
user groups.
1. Click Users in the tab bar. Click Groups in the top navigation bar. Click User-Defined in the
side navigation bar.
2. In the User Groups - User Defined window, click Add. The Add User Group wizard will
appear. Click Next.
3. The Select Authentication Service window will open. This window contains a list of the names
of all authentication servers that may be used to authenticate the user group when the user logs
in. See Managing Authentication Services on page 58 for more information.
Click on the name of an authentication service and then click Next.
If you selected DSView Internal as the authentication service, continue to step 4.
If you selected any other type of authentication service, go to step 5.
4. The Type in Internal Group Name window will open. Type the name for the new user group
you wish to create, and then click Next. User-defined user group names may contain up to 64
non-case sensitive characters. User-defined user group names are case-preserving.
Continue to step 7.
5. The Specify External Group Name window will open.
a. Click Import Everyone to consider any user on the external authentication server as a
member of this user group.
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Click Specify a group on external authentication service and type the name of the group in
the field. User group names may contain up to 64 non-case sensitive characters. User
group names are case-preserving if the user group on the external authentication server is
case sensitive. See Group naming in external authentication services on page 164 for
more information.
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Click Find a group on external authentication service to browse a list of groups on the
external authentication service.
b. Click Next.
If you selected Find a group on external authentication service, continue to step 6.
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If you selected Specify a group on external authentication service, go to step 7.
6. The Select Group from External Authentication Service window displays. If the list of groups
contains more than 5000 entries, a message will indicate that not all items are displayed.