Adding user accounts to a Windows local group

You can add a local or an Active Directory user, or an Active Directory group, if you want users to have the privileges associated with that group by using System Manager.

Before you begin

The group must already exist before you can add a user to it.
The user must already exist before you can add the user to a group.

About this task

You must keep the following in mind when adding members to a local Windows group:

You cannot add users to the special Everyone group.
You cannot add a local Windows group to another local Windows group.
You cannot add a user account that contains a space in the user name by using System Manager.
You can either rename the user account or add the user account by using the command-line interface (CLI).

Steps

Click the SVMs tab.
Select the SVM, and then click Manage.
Click the SVM Settings tab.
In the Host Users and Groups pane, click Windows
In the Groups tab, select the group to which you want to add a user, and then click Add Members.
In the Add Members window, perform one of the following actions:
- Specify the Active Directory user or Active Directory group to be added to a particular local group.
- Select the users from the list of available local users in the SVM.
Click OK.

Result

The user you added is listed in the Users tab of the Groups tab.