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Resource Groups

A resource group is a resource that contains a list of other resources. A resource group is a member of one of the following classes: CONTAINER, GFILE, GSUDO, GTERMINAL, or GHOST.

Because a resource group is itself a resource, it has the same properties as its member resources. Therefore the advantage of using resource groups is that it simplifies administration. You can change the properties of all the member resources by changing the properties of the resource group.

Note: On Windows, CA ControlMinder takes into account resource group ownership when checking user authorization to a resource. This behavior was introduced in r12.0. In earlier releases, the authorization process considered only the resource's owner.

For example, you define a FILE resource with a default access of none and no owner. The FILE resource is a member of a GFILE resource with a named owner. In CA ControlMinder r12.0 and later, the named group owner has full access to the file. In earlier releases, nobody has access to the file.