Recreate a deleted user group

All group accounts are identified with a unique identifier that is separate from the group name. Deleting a group account deletes the account's access rights but does not delete the group account's unique identifier. This means that creating a new group account with the identical name does not automatically provide access to the same resources as the previous group account.
When creating another group account with the same name, recreate the security settings of the account. Create permissions for the user group account when securing a resource.
To create an account using the name of a deleted account, set the security policy
Keep record of deleted accounts
 to
disabled
.
TIP:
User group accounts in the network directory are separate from the user group accounts in the local directory. Deleting a user group account from one directory does not delete the account from the other. To delete both accounts, log on to each directory separately.
Prerequisites
Recreating a deleted user group requires these permissions:
  • Common > Create Children
  • Common > List Children
  • Common > Read
To recreate a deleted user group
  1. Add a new user group account. Choose one:
  2. Recreate the security settings of the deleted account on the new account. Either:
    • Add the user account to a group that already has the proper security settings defined
    • Set permissions for a user account when securing a resource
    • If using a
      Windows
      -linked user group account, the
      FactoryTalk Directory
       relies on
      Windows
       to determine whether the user's name and password are valid, and whether the account is enabled or locked out. However,
      Windows
      -linked user accounts can be added to
      FactoryTalk Security
       user groups. This allows the
      FactoryTalk Directory
       to determine a
      Windows
      -linked user's level of access to the
      FactoryTalk
       system independently of the user's level of access to a
      Windows
       domain.
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