Custom Groups
Custom groups are groups that you define in CentraSite. A custom group can contain users from any organization in the registry/repository.
You can create a custom group of any one of the following types in CentraSite:
An externally managed custom group. This is a group that is imported from the external authentication system. You cannot manually change the membership of such a group within
CentraSite;
CentraSite maintains the membership of an externally managed custom group by automatically synchronizing with the external authentication system.
After an externally managed group is created, you cannot switch the group to a "locally managed" type of group, nor can you associate it with a different group on the external authentication system.
If the external group includes members who are not existing users of CentraSite, those members will not become CentraSite users as a result of adding the group to CentraSite. If you subsequently add those individuals to CentraSite, however, they will automatically become members of this group.
A locally managed custom group. This is a group that consists entirely of users who are registered in
CentraSite. The users must be active users. For details, see
Active and Inactive Users.
The membership of the group is maintained in CentraSite. You can perform administrative tasks manually on the group in CentraSite, such as adding or removing users from the group.
CentraSite supports static groups and nested groups.
Note: | If you are using LDAP, note that only the "recurse up" option is supported for group resolution. The "recurse down" option is not supported. |
