Groups can be assigned directly or indirectly to a contact. Indirect assignment is done by allocating the employee and groups into company structures such as departments, cost centers, locations, or business roles. If the employee has a contact in Active Directory, the groups in the role are inherited by this contact.
To react quickly to special requests, you can assign groups directly to the contact.
To assign groups directly to a contact
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In the Manager, select the Active Directory > Contacts category.
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Select the contact in the result list.
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Select the Assign groups task.
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In the Add assignments pane, assign the groups.
TIP: In the Remove assignments pane, you can remove the assignment of groups.
To remove an assignment
- Save the changes.
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To react quickly to special requests, you can assign groups directly to computers.
To assign a group directly to computers
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In the Manager, select the Active Directory > Groups category.
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Select the group in the result list.
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Select the Assign computers task.
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In the Add assignments pane, assign computers.
TIP: In the Remove assignments pane, you can remove assigned computers.
To remove an assignment
- Save the changes.
NOTE: The primary group of a computer is already assigned and is marked as Does not apply yet. Edit the computer's main data to change its primary group.
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Groups can be assigned directly or indirectly to a computer. Indirect assignment is carried out by allocating the device with which a computer is connected and groups to company structures, like departments, cost centers, locations, or business roles.
To react quickly to special requests, you can assign groups directly to a computer.
To assign a computer directly to groups
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In the Manager, select the Active Directory > Computers category.
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Select the computer in the result list.
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Select Assign groups.
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In the Add assignments pane, assign the groups.
TIP: In the Remove assignments pane, you can remove the assignment of groups.
To remove an assignment
- Save the changes.
NOTE: The primary group of a computer is already assigned and is marked as Does not apply yet. Edit the computer's main data to change its primary group.
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When groups are assigned to user accounts an employee may obtain two or more groups, which are not permitted in this combination. To prevent this, you can declare mutually exclusive groups. To do this, you specify which of the two groups should apply to the user accounts if both are assigned.
It is possible to assign an excluded group at any time either directly, indirectly, or with an IT Shop request. One Identity Manager determines whether the assignment is effective.
NOTE:
- You cannot define a pair of mutually exclusive groups. That means, the definition "Group A excludes group B" AND "Group B excludes groups A" is not permitted.
- You must declare each group to be excluded from a group separately. Exclusion definitions cannot be inherited.
- One Identity Manager does not check if membership of an excluded group is permitted in another group ( table).
The effectiveness of the assignments is mapped in the ADSAccountInADSGroup and BaseTreeHasADSGroup tables by the XIsInEffect column.
Example: The effect of group memberships
- Group A is defined with permissions for triggering requests in a domain. A group B is authorized to make payments. A group C is authorized to check invoices.
- Group A is assigned through the "Marketing" department, group B through "Finance", and group C through the "Control group" business role.
Jo User1 has a user account in this domain. They primarily belong to the "Marketing" department. The "Control group" business role and the "Finance" department are assigned to them secondarily. Without an exclusion definition, the user account obtains all the permissions of groups A, B, and C.
By using suitable controls, you want to prevent an employee from being able to trigger a request and to pay invoices. That means, groups A, B, and C are mutually exclusive. An employee that checks invoices may not be able to make invoice payments as well. That means, groups B and C are mutually exclusive.
Table 15: Specifying excluded groups (ADSGroupExclusion table)
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Group A |
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Group B |
Group A |
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Group C |
Group B |
Table 16: Effective assignments
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Pat Identity1 |
Marketing |
Group A |
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Jan User3 |
Marketing, finance |
Group B |
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Jo User1 |
Marketing, finance, control group |
Group C |
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Chris User2 |
Marketing, control group |
Group A, Group C |
Only the group C assignment is in effect for Jo User1. It is published in the target system. If Jo User1 leaves the "control group" business role at a later date, group B also takes effect.
The groups A and C are in effect for Chris User2 because the groups are not defined as mutually exclusive. That means that the employee is authorized to trigger requests and to check invoices. If this should not be allowed, define further exclusion for group C.
Table 17: Excluded groups and effective assignments
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Chris User2
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Marketing |
Group A |
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Group C
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Control group |
Group C |
Group B
Group A |
Prerequisites
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The QER | Structures | Inherite | GroupExclusion configuration parameter is set.
In the Designer, set the configuration parameter and compile the database.
NOTE: If you disable the configuration parameter at a later date, model components and scripts that are not longer required, are disabled. SQL procedures and triggers are still carried out. For more information about the behavior of preprocessor relevant configuration parameters and conditional compiling, see the One Identity Manager Configuration Guide.
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Mutually exclusive groups belong to the same domain
To exclude a group
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In the Manager, select the Active Directory > Groups category.
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Select a group in the result list.
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Select the Exclude groups task.
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In the Add assignments pane, assign the groups that are mutually exclusive to the selected group.
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In the Remove assignments pane, remove the groups that are no longer mutually exclusive.
- Save the changes.
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