Administrator Guides EN Owner's manual

User Groups
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User are not prevented from joining more that one group. A user is always a member of the All Users group as well as
any other group to which the user is assigned. The only instance where a group (A) will be disallowed from being a mem-
ber of another group (B) is if B inherits from A (directly or indirectly).
Understanding Group Settings
A child group’s settings can be inherited from the parent group. However, the child group’s settings can also differ from
the parent group’s settings. For example, in the image below, a user who is a member of Group2 and All Users would
have the following settings:
– Number of Invalid Login Attempts before User Account Lock=5.
Configuration settings are a combination of the settings of all groups of which the user is a member. In the example
shown above, Group2 is at a deeper level than All Users. Consequently the Number of Invalid Login Attempts before
User Account Lock=5 setting takes precedence. The Minimum Password Length setting is inherited from the All Users
group.
If a particular setting is entered in multiple groups, the group priority setting determines the effective setting. The order
in which immediate child groups are displayed indicates the priority for the child groups. For example, in the image
below, Group2 is above Group1 in the list of groups that are immediate children of the All Users group. Consequently,
the Minimum Password Length=4 setting for Group2 would override the Minimum Password Length=3 setting of
Group1.
The priority of the child groups can be seen by clicking on the icon. The image below shows the current priority
(Order) of the child groups in the image above.