From 1b2aa767929784a37212b9e3dc01f9e119c4a9d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "gerv%gerv.net" <> Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 00:33:39 +0000 Subject: Rebuild HTML and text versions of documentation for 2.17.2 release. --- docs/html/groups.html | 81 ++++++++++++++++++--------------------------------- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/html/groups.html') diff --git a/docs/html/groups.html b/docs/html/groups.html index 37d58d046..94f324fdc 100644 --- a/docs/html/groups.html +++ b/docs/html/groups.html @@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ CLASS="section" >

5.5. Groups and Group Security

5.5. Groups and Group Security

Groups allow the administrator to isolate bugs or products that should only be seen by certain people. @@ -112,22 +114,10 @@ TYPE="1" >

  • Fill out the "New Name", "New Description", and - "New User RegExp" fields. "New User RegExp" allows you to automatically +>Fill out the "Group", "Description", and + "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".

  • To use Product-Based Groups:

    1. Turn on "usebuggroups" and "usebuggroupsentry" in the "Edit - Parameters" screen.

      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.

      The User Regexp is a perl regexp and, if not anchored, will match + any part of an address. So, if you do not want to grant access + into 'mycompany.com' to 'badperson@mycompany.com.hacker.net', use + '@mycompany\.com$' as the regexp.

    2. After you add your new group, edit the new group. On the + edit page, you can specify other groups that should be included + in this group and which groups should be permitted to add and delete + users from this group.

    To use Product-Based Groups:

    1. Turn on "usebuggroups" and "usebuggroupsentry" in the "Edit + Parameters" screen.

    2. 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, @@ -172,35 +176,6 @@ VALIGN="TOP" same name as the Product.

    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.

    Note that group permissions are such that you need to be a member of