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Group Design

A group is similar to a profile in that it is a collection of users. The difference between profiles and groups is that groups are recognized by IBM OpenVM.

Each User ACID must be associated with at least one group if that particular group is recognized by IBM OpenVM.

When creating and using groups:

• You can attach a maximum of 254 groups and profiles to one user.
• You can’t assign a password to a group.
• You can’t attach a group to another group. A group must be attached to a department and a user.
• To attach a group to a user, both the ACID and the group must be within your scope of authority.
• Groups cannot own resources.
• Users can be assigned to a group permanently or temporarily.