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diff --git a/docs/html/groups.html b/docs/html/groups.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..37d58d046 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/html/groups.html @@ -0,0 +1,276 @@ +<HTML +><HEAD +><TITLE +>Groups and Group Security</TITLE +><META +NAME="GENERATOR" +CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.76b+ +"><LINK +REL="HOME" +TITLE="The Bugzilla Guide" +HREF="index.html"><LINK +REL="UP" +TITLE="Administering Bugzilla" +HREF="administration.html"><LINK +REL="PREVIOUS" +TITLE="Voting" +HREF="voting.html"><LINK +REL="NEXT" +TITLE="Bugzilla Security" +HREF="security.html"></HEAD +><BODY +CLASS="section" +BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" +TEXT="#000000" +LINK="#0000FF" +VLINK="#840084" +ALINK="#0000FF" +><DIV +CLASS="NAVHEADER" +><TABLE +SUMMARY="Header navigation table" +WIDTH="100%" +BORDER="0" +CELLPADDING="0" +CELLSPACING="0" +><TR +><TH +COLSPAN="3" +ALIGN="center" +>The Bugzilla Guide</TH +></TR +><TR +><TD +WIDTH="10%" +ALIGN="left" +VALIGN="bottom" +><A +HREF="voting.html" +ACCESSKEY="P" +>Prev</A +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="80%" +ALIGN="center" +VALIGN="bottom" +>Chapter 5. Administering Bugzilla</TD +><TD +WIDTH="10%" +ALIGN="right" +VALIGN="bottom" +><A +HREF="security.html" +ACCESSKEY="N" +>Next</A +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +><HR +ALIGN="LEFT" +WIDTH="100%"></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="section" +><H1 +CLASS="section" +><A +NAME="groups">5.5. Groups and Group Security</H1 +><P +>Groups allow the administrator + to isolate bugs or products that should only be seen by certain people. + There are two types of group - Generic Groups, and Product-Based Groups. + </P +><P +> Product-Based Groups are matched with products, and allow you to restrict + access to bugs on a per-product basis. They are enabled using the + usebuggroups Param. Turning on the usebuggroupsentry + Param will mean bugs automatically get added to their product group when + filed. + </P +><P +> Generic Groups have no special relationship to products; + you create them, and put bugs in them + as required. One example of the use of Generic Groups + is Mozilla's "Security" group, + into which security-sensitive bugs are placed until fixed. Only the + Mozilla Security Team are members of this group. + </P +><P +>To create Generic Groups:</P +><P +></P +><OL +TYPE="1" +><LI +><P +>Select the "groups" + link in the footer.</P +></LI +><LI +><P +>Take a moment to understand the instructions on the "Edit + Groups" screen, then select the "Add Group" link.</P +></LI +><LI +><P +>Fill out the "New Name", "New Description", and + "New User RegExp" fields. "New User RegExp" allows you to automatically + place all users who fulfill the Regular Expression into the new group. + When you have finished, click "Add".</P +></LI +></OL +><P +>To use Product-Based Groups:</P +><P +></P +><OL +TYPE="1" +><LI +><P +>Turn on "usebuggroups" and "usebuggroupsentry" in the "Edit + Parameters" screen.</P +><DIV +CLASS="warning" +><P +></P +><TABLE +CLASS="warning" +WIDTH="100%" +BORDER="0" +><TR +><TD +WIDTH="25" +ALIGN="CENTER" +VALIGN="TOP" +><IMG +SRC="../images/warning.gif" +HSPACE="5" +ALT="Warning"></TD +><TD +ALIGN="LEFT" +VALIGN="TOP" +><P +>XXX is this still true? + "usebuggroupsentry" has the capacity to prevent the + administrative user from directly altering bugs because of + conflicting group permissions. If you plan on using + "usebuggroupsentry", you should plan on restricting + administrative account usage to administrative duties only. In + other words, manage bugs with an unpriveleged user account, and + manage users, groups, Products, etc. with the administrative + account.</P +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +></DIV +></LI +><LI +><P +>In future, when you create a Product, a matching group will be + automatically created. If you need to add a Product Group to + a Product which was created before you turned on usebuggroups, + then simply create a new group, as outlined above, with the + same name as the Product.</P +></LI +></OL +><DIV +CLASS="warning" +><P +></P +><TABLE +CLASS="warning" +WIDTH="100%" +BORDER="0" +><TR +><TD +WIDTH="25" +ALIGN="CENTER" +VALIGN="TOP" +><IMG +SRC="../images/warning.gif" +HSPACE="5" +ALT="Warning"></TD +><TD +ALIGN="LEFT" +VALIGN="TOP" +><P +>Bugzilla currently has a limit of 64 groups per installation. If + you have more than about 50 products, you should consider + running multiple Bugzillas. Ask in the newsgroup for other + suggestions for working around this restriction.</P +></TD +></TR +></TABLE +></DIV +><P +> Note that group permissions are such that you need to be a member + of <EM +>all</EM +> the groups a bug is in, for whatever + reason, to see that bug. + </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="NAVFOOTER" +><HR +ALIGN="LEFT" +WIDTH="100%"><TABLE +SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" +WIDTH="100%" +BORDER="0" +CELLPADDING="0" +CELLSPACING="0" +><TR +><TD +WIDTH="33%" +ALIGN="left" +VALIGN="top" +><A +HREF="voting.html" +ACCESSKEY="P" +>Prev</A +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="34%" +ALIGN="center" +VALIGN="top" +><A +HREF="index.html" +ACCESSKEY="H" +>Home</A +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="33%" +ALIGN="right" +VALIGN="top" +><A +HREF="security.html" +ACCESSKEY="N" +>Next</A +></TD +></TR +><TR +><TD +WIDTH="33%" +ALIGN="left" +VALIGN="top" +>Voting</TD +><TD +WIDTH="34%" +ALIGN="center" +VALIGN="top" +><A +HREF="administration.html" +ACCESSKEY="U" +>Up</A +></TD +><TD +WIDTH="33%" +ALIGN="right" +VALIGN="top" +>Bugzilla Security</TD +></TR +></TABLE +></DIV +></BODY +></HTML +>
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