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Cloud group creation - Security and Access

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Updated June 10

asked on June 7

I am trying to understand the section "Security and Access" when creating a group in LF Cloud. I'm used to security on a hosted LF system, but the Cloud is new to me.

I read the section on this at Creating a Group, which says:

But I am confused, because "Inherit" says "...this option means the user's access rights will be inherited from the user's group membership". I get that if I select "Inherit" on the users themselves, their rights will come from whatever I pick for the group. But what does it mean when I select "Inherit" on the group? What is being inherited? For some rights, you can only select "Allow" or "Inherit" and there isn't a radio button for "Deny".

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replied on June 10

Group B would need rights assigned directly to the group. If set to inherit, it would not have any rights to inherit and therefore no assigned rights.

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replied on June 9

Hello,

Setting inherit on a group would inherit access rights from another group that the group is nested in (member of).

Example:

Group A is a member of Group B.

Group A is set to inherit.

Group A inherits Group B's Access Rights.

Group B's access rights would be inherited down to Group A.

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Ok. So in your example what does Inherit mean for Group B as the top-level group (or, if Group B has no nested groups and stands on its own)? I'm assuming it is the same as "Deny"? Thank you.

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replied on June 10

Group B would need rights assigned directly to the group. If set to inherit, it would not have any rights to inherit and therefore no assigned rights.

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replied on June 10

Perfect. That's what I was assuming but I just wanted to be sure. Thank you!

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