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Strong Synchronization

Strong synchronization ensures that accounts have the exact account attributes as those specified in the account template.

For example, suppose you add a group to an existing UNIX account template. Originally, the account template made accounts members of the Staff group. Now, you want to make the accounts members of both the Staff and System groups. All accounts associated with the account template are considered synchronized when each account is a member of the Staff and System groups (and no other groups). Any account not in the Staff group is added to both groups.

Some other factors to consider include the following:

• If the account template uses strong synchronization, any account belonging to groups, other than Staff and System, are removed from those extra groups.
• If the account template uses weak synchronization, the accounts are added to the Staff and System groups. Any account that has additional groups defined to it remains a member of these groups.

Note: If you do not apply the changes to accounts each time you update the capability attributes of an account template, you should synchronize your accounts with their account templates regularly to ensure the accounts stay synchronized with their account templates.