User groups

User Groups in User Management displays a list of user groups.

The following two default user groups are available:

• everyone: By default, every user belongs to this user group.

• fortipam _auth_group: By default, the Super Administrator admin user belongs to this user group. Users can be added or removed from this user group.

The following columns are available in the User Groups window:

• Name

• User Members

• Remote Groups

• Remote Members

• Creation Time: Displays the date and time when a user group was created.

Users can be assigned to groups during user account configuration, or by creating or editing the groups to add users to it.

The User Groups tab contains the following options:

Create	Select to create a new user group.
Edit	Select to edit the selected user group.
Delete	Select to delete the selected user groups.
Search	Enter a search term in the search field, then hit Enter to search the user groups list. To narrow down your search, see Column filter.

To create a new user group:

1. Go to User Management > User Groups.
2. Select Create to create a new user group.

   The General tab in the Create New User Group window opens.

   

3. To switch to the Permission tab, select the tab.

   

4. In the General tab, enter the following information:

   Name	Name of the group.
   Type	Select the type of the group: Remote Local User
   Members	Select + to add existing members to the user group from the list and select Close, or in the Select Entries window, select + to create a new user. See Creating a user. Use the search bar to look for a user.
   Remote Groups	By adding a remote server to the user group, the group will contain all user accounts on that server. Optionally, a specific user group on the remote server can be included to restrict the scope to that group. See Creating Remote Groups. Note: This pane is available only when the Type is Remote. Select remote groups from the list and select Delete to delete the remote groups. Select a remote group from the list and select Edit to edit the remote group.

5. Switch to the Permission tab and enter the following information:

   Access	Select from the following two options: Everyone: All the members of the user group have complete access to the user group. Customized: Customize the level of access for members in the user group.
   User Permission	The level of user access to the user group. See User Permission. Note: The option is only available when Access is set to Customized.

6. Click OK.

To create a new remote group:

1. In the Create New User Group window, select Create in Remote Groups.

   The Remote Groups pane is only available when the Type is Remote.

   The Add Group Match window opens.

2. In Remote Server dropdown, select LDAP, RADIUS, and SAML servers:
   1. If an LDAP server is selected, from the remote users list, select the remote users to import.

      At least one LDAP server must be already configured. See LDAP servers.

      Hold ctrl and click to select multiple users.

      To narrow down your search, see Column filter. You can filter your search by Group, or enter a custom filter and select Apply. Enable Show entries in subtree to list remote users in the subtree.

      LDAP filters consist of one or more clauses which can be combined with logical AND/OR operators. Filter syntax differs depending on the LDAP server software. See the following examples examples: Users with given name starting with the letter "h": (&(objectClass=person)(givenName=h*)) All groups: (&(objectClass=posixGroup)(cn=*))

   2. Optionally, if a RADIUS server is selected, select +, and enter group names in Groups.

      At least one RADIUS server must be already configured. See RADIUS servers.

   3. Optionally, if a SAML server is selected, select +, and enter group names in Groups.

      At least one SAML server must be already configured.

3. Click OK to save changes to group match.

Alternatively, use the CLI commands to create a user group.

User Permission

To set up user permission:

1. In step 5 when Creating a user group, provided that Access is set to Customized, select Create in User Permission.

   The New User Permission window opens.

   

2. Enter the following information:

   Users	Select + and from the list, select users in the Select Entries window. To add a new user: From the Select Entries window, select + and then select +UserList. The New User List wizard open. Follow the steps in Creating a user, starting step 2 to create a new user. Use the search bar to look up a user. Use the pen icon next to a user to edit it.
   Permission	From the dropdown, select an option: Viewer: Ability to view the user group. Owner: The highest possible permission level with the ability to create, edit, and delete user groups.

3. Click OK.

CLI configuration to set up an LDAP user group example:

 config user group
  edit <ldap_group_name>
   set member <ldap_server_name>
   config match		
    edit 1
     set server-name <ldap_server_name>
     set group-name "cn=User,dc=XYA, dc=COM"			 
    next
   end
  next
 end

CLI configuration to set up a RADIUS user group example:

 config user group
  edit <radius_group_name>
   set member <radius_server_name>
  next
 end