GROUP

Defines a group of users for use in INCLUDE, INCLUDEALL, INCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT, INCLUDEALL_ENTITLEMENT, EXCLUDE, EXCLUDEALL, EXCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT, EXCLUDEALL_ENTITLEMENT, and RESERVE option lines.

GROUP group_name user_list

GROUP Terms

Term

Description

group_name

Name of the group being defined. Group names are case sensitive.

user_list

List of user names in that group. Names are case sensitive and cannot contain spaces. Set the GROUPCASEINSENSITIVE options file keyword to turn on case insensitivity. See GROUPCASEINSENSITIVE.

To create a large user group, define several GROUP lines each containing up to the maximum of 4,000 characters. All the users will be placed in a single group: Multiple GROUP lines for the same group name add all the specified users into the group.

For example, the following option syntax defines the group Hackers consisting of bob, howard, and james:

GROUP Hackers bob howard james

Note:USER_GROUP is an alias for GROUP.