Purpose of the default Administrators group
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Issue/Introduction
We have created an alternate Harvest SCM Administrators user group besides the default 'Administrators' group where we keep all the users with Administrator privileges. We would like to know:
- what is the purpose of the default Administrators group,
- if this is essential to the inner workings of Harvest SCM, and
- if it's OK to delete it.
Environment
Harvest Software Change Manager all versions
Resolution
Many of the database transactions that support Harvest SCM's change management functionality depend on this default 'Administrators' user group's presence in the system. These transactions process differently depending on this user group, and it's not known how the product would behave if you deleted the Administrators group. Deleting this default user group could lead to problems with your change management in Harvest SCM, so we advise NOT to delete this group.
What you can do is rename this user group to something that signals to Administrators not to assign any users to it. You can keep it empty and place your Admin users into a separate group that you have created. For example, you could rename the default Administrators group to "Administrators - DO NOT USE THIS".
Additional Information
More information about user groups can be found here: Administrate User Groups
More information about how to utilize user groups to assign access permissions in Harvest can be found here: Control Object Access
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