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In HFS you won't find groups actually, but account linking. | In HFS you won't find groups actually, but account linking. | ||
It's | It's a much more powerful way, but you may need to spend some minutes to get used to them. | ||
Account linking is like: this account has ''also' the permissions of another. | Account linking is like: this account has ''also'' the permissions of another. | ||
e.g. joe has also powers fred have. | e.g. joe has also powers fred have. | ||
== Get groups working == | == Get groups working == | ||
You can get same functioning of group with account linking. | You can get same functioning of group with account linking. | ||
The first thing to understand is that '''to create a group you must create an account'''. | |||
Follow these steps | Follow these steps | ||
* | * create an account called ''A'' | ||
* | * mark the ''group'' option | ||
* then you go to every account you want to be part of the ''A' group, and fill the ''linked'' field with ''A''. | |||
* | * done! | ||
[[Image:groups1.png]] | [[Image:groups1.png]] [[Image:groups2.png]] | ||
== Logic == | == Logic == | ||
Revision as of 18:51, 5 October 2008
In HFS you won't find groups actually, but account linking. It's a much more powerful way, but you may need to spend some minutes to get used to them.
Account linking is like: this account has also the permissions of another. e.g. joe has also powers fred have.
Get groups working
You can get same functioning of group with account linking. The first thing to understand is that to create a group you must create an account.
Follow these steps
- create an account called A
- mark the group option
- then you go to every account you want to be part of the A' group, and fill the linked field with A.
- done!
File:Groups1.png File:Groups2.png
Logic
It's not always obvious how all this will be working. The logic can be different in some case, so lets see in details.
Inheriting is stopped when an account is disabled. E.g. in the chart above, if group3 is disabled, user1 will inherit only from group5, not from group2/1.
- File permissions
- are inherited
to be continued
Get more
You can put a user in more than one group, just enter contributor;family to get it in the group contributor and group family.
To say it all, you can link accounts/groups in any way, like this chart will show you
What's the result of this mess?
User1 will have any permission you set to it itself, more, any permission of group5, group3, group2 and group1.
User2 will get its own stuff and will inherit the permissions of group4, group2 and group1.
Just remember that linking is one way. E.g. group3 inherits from group2, but group2 is inheriting nothing.