Red Hat Summit22장. Managing user groups in IdM CLI
Learn about user groups management using the IdM CLI. A user group is a set of users with common privileges, password policies, and other characteristics.
A user group in Identity Management (IdM) can include:
- IdM users
- other IdM user groups
- external users, which are users that exist outside of IdM
22.1. The different group types in IdM
IdM supports the following types of groups:
- POSIX groups (the default)
POSIX groups support Linux POSIX attributes for their members. Note that groups that interact with Active Directory cannot use POSIX attributes.
POSIX attributes identify users as separate entities. Examples of POSIX attributes relevant to users include
uidNumber, a user number (UID), andgidNumber, a group number (GID).- Non-POSIX groups
Non-POSIX groups do not support POSIX attributes. For example, these groups do not have a GID defined.
All members of this type of group must belong to the IdM domain.
- External groups
Use external groups to add group members that exist in an identity store outside of the IdM domain, such as:
- A local system
- An Active Directory domain
- A directory service
External groups do not support POSIX attributes. For example, these groups do not have a GID defined.
| Group name | Default group members |
|---|---|
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| All IdM users |
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Users with administrative privileges, including the default |
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| This is a legacy group that no longer has any special privileges |
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| Users with privileges to manage the Active Directory trusts |
When you add a user to a user group, the user gains the privileges and policies associated with the group. For example, to grant administrative privileges to a user, add the user to the admins group.
Do not delete the admins group. As admins is a pre-defined group required by IdM, this operation causes problems with certain commands.
In addition, IdM creates user private groups by default whenever a new user is created in IdM. For more information about private groups, see Adding users without a private group.
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