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78 Chapter 4 Setting Up User Accounts
Workgroup Manager displays long and short names for the group after you enter a
primary group ID (if the group exists and is accessible in the search policy of the server
you’re logged in to).
Reviewing a User’s Group Memberships
You can use Workgroup Manager to review the groups a user belongs to if the user
account resides in a directory domain accessible from the server you’re using.
You can view all groups the user belongs to and the parent groups of those groups.
To review group memberships using Workgroup Manager:
1 In Workgroup Manager, click Accounts.
2 Select the user account you want to work with.
To select the account, click the globe icon, choose the directory domain where the
account resides, and then select the user account in the accounts list.
3 To authenticate, click the lock and enter the name and password of a directory domain
administrator.
4 Click Groups.
Except for the primary group, all other groups the user belongs to are listed in the
Other Groups list.
5 To view parent groups, click Show Inherited Groups.
Parent groups are shown in italics.
Adding a User to a Group
Add a user to a group when you want multiple users to have the same file permissions,
or when you want to manage their Mac OS X preferences using workgroups or
computer groups.
For example, you can have groups for students in a classroom who are not permitted
to use a particular printer, or for the quality control team in a factory that requires
access to the internal reports of different groups.
Groups can include users and groups that are in an Open Directory domain or the local
directory domain. If you use an NFS directory, there is a 16-group limitation.
You can also add users to a group using the Members pane in the group account.
If a user is a direct member of multiple groups, he or she can choose which group to
acquire managed preferences from when logging in. You can manage Login
preferences so that preferences are combined from all workgroups accessible by the
user.
Note: There is no limit to the number of groups a user can belong to.