Use this task to view and edit security group properties.
Groups are collections of users who share access authority to protected
resources.
Groups can be formed for users who access the same applications
or hardware, perform the same tasks, or have similar requirements
for information.
Fields
- Group ID
- Specify a unique decimal integer string to associate with the
group account on the system. If a specific ID is not provided, the AIX® operating system automatically
assigns an ID.
- Administrative Group
- Specify whether this group is an administrative group, which can
be maintained only by the root user.
- Registry
- Select a method for storing authentication, group, and user information.
If
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is defined for the cluster,
the default method is
LDAP. If LDAP is not
defined,
Local is the default method and you
cannot edit this value.
- LDAP
- All information and credentials are stored in the LDAP server.
- Local
- All information and credentials are stored locally on each affected
node in the cluster. More than one node can be targeted.
For more information about editing security
group properties, see the Changing properties of a security group in a cluster topic
in the AIX Information Center.