Adding Groups in Silva

Adding a group

Adding and configuring a ZODB Group Manager

Click on the the acl_users folder link in the ZMI of your Silva site (Fig. 1.).

Fig. 1. The acl_users folder link.

Once you’re in the acl_users folder you will see a drop down on the right.

Select "ZODB Group Manager" from the drop down list.
Click the Add button (Fig. 2.).

Fig. 2. Adding a ZODB Group Manager in the ZMI.

You will now see a form for adding a ZODB Group Manager.

Fill in all required fields and click the Add button (Fig. 3.).

Fig. 3. ZODB Group Manager add form.

Adding a group into the ZODB Group Manager

Go into the ZODB Group Manager you just created.

After the Current Groups title there is a link called Add a group.

Click on the Add a group link (Fig. 4.).

Fig. 4. The Add a group link to go to the Add a Group form.

After clicking the link you will get a form for adding a Group.

Fill in the form fields and click the Add Group button (Fig. 5.).

Fig. 5. Adding a group by clicking the Add group button.

Assigning users to a group

Go into a Group you created.

After the "Update Group: <groupname>" title there is a link called Assign.

Click the Assign link (Fig. 6.).

Fig. 6. The Assign link.

You will then see a form with a search box on top and 2 columns named Available and Active (Fig. 7.).

Search for users by filling in a Principal ID and clicking the Search button.
Select users from the Available list that you want to assign to the group (Fig. 7.).
Click the arrow pointing to the right to move the selected users to the Active list.

Fig. 7. Selecting users to add to the Active list. Here we add user1, user2 and user3 to mygroup.

Removing users from a group

In a group click the Assign link (Fig. 6.).
Select the user(s) from the Active list which you want to remove from the group.
Click the arrow pointing to the left to remove the selected users from the Active list and add them to the Available list (Fig. 8.).

Fig. 8. Selecting users to remove from the Active list. Here we remove user1 from mygroup.

Updating and activating a group

Click to the Activate tab (Fig. 9.).

You will see a form with the the options Groups and Group_Enumeration.

Select those options.
Click the Update button to activate the Groups (Fig. 9.).

Fig. 9. Update Groups and Group_Enumeration.