Issue
We have Jenkins installed and I'm wondering how to add an existing user to a Jenkins group.
I find how-to's for the case where in Configure Global Security
the Security Realm
is set to Jenkins' own user database
. We have set this to Active Directory
- but maybe this doesn't make a real difference to the problem.
In section Authorization
we have set Matrix-based security
and there are already four groups defined from a previous user, those groups have some custom rights set, and a bunch of AD users were added to those group somehow.
My problem: if I try to add a new user, I can add it to the matrix and give him the rights, but I don't see how to simply add the user to the group. I don't want a huge list of users who all have the same rights - I just want them bundled each into one of the four groups. But how can I add a user to a group? It was possible somehow before, as there are obviously users added to those groups.
Maybe a plugin was uninstalled by accident and is missing for this purpose? But I guess that in that case the Matrix-based security wouldn't even be displayed anymore!?
Any help? Thanks.
Solution
In this specific case the groups are AD groups and the users are added to those groups in the AD, not in Jenkins. So, if you have set the Security Realm
to Active Directory
you must add users to groups on the active directory level - not within Jenkins.
Answered By - outofmind