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marla_sumner
October 16, 2015
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Everyone group added to all Group Groups and cannot be removed

  • October 16, 2015
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I have a new install of AEM 6.1.  The "everyone" group is automatically added to all existing and newly created groups. Trying to remove the group from the "Groups" tab in the useradmin console appears to remove it but does not work. The "everyone" group is showing when reloading the console.  What needs to be done in order to remove the group or prevent it from being added as a default for other groups? 

Here are the steps I used to create the group:

1. create new group

2. double-click to open newly created group

3. select "Groups" tab

4. Select "Everyone" group and click "Remove"

5. Click "Save"

6. Reload the console & re-open group

7. "everyone" group is once again listed in "Groups" tab

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Best answer by ogill

Hi Marla,

I just followed your steps and had the same result. This group is likely to be a group required by the repository, hence you can't delete it. If you raise a ticket, the support team may go into more details.

What issue do you have with this group that makes you want to delete it?

EDIT: The "about" description for the everyone group says the following "Built-in group automatically containing all existing users and groups. The list of members cannot be edited."

Regards,

Opkar

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Adobe Employee
October 16, 2015

Hi Marla,

I just followed your steps and had the same result. This group is likely to be a group required by the repository, hence you can't delete it. If you raise a ticket, the support team may go into more details.

What issue do you have with this group that makes you want to delete it?

EDIT: The "about" description for the everyone group says the following "Built-in group automatically containing all existing users and groups. The list of members cannot be edited."

Regards,

Opkar

Lokesh_Shivalingaiah
Lokesh_Shivalingaiah
Level 10
October 16, 2015

Yes.. thats looks like a bug. Please raise a support ticket for the same.

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Rob_Ryan
October 16, 2015

The display you reference 'Groups' for any given authorizable (group or user) shows the groups *they* belong to. The everyone group is special *all* authorizables whether users or groups belong to the everyone group.

 

A group being a member of the everyone group does nothing to change who is a member *of* the group.

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marla_sumnerAuthor
October 16, 2015

Ahh, that makes a lot more sense.  I didn't pick-up on that since I was using a 5.4 version to compare and the old version Groups does not show "everyone" (or was configured not to).  Thanks for clarifying.

Lokesh_Shivalingaiah
Lokesh_Shivalingaiah
Level 10
October 16, 2015

@opkar, so that gives the permission to that group for everyone right which should not be the case.

We create different groups so that everyone would not get that permissions :)

Lokesh_Shivalingaiah
Lokesh_Shivalingaiah
Level 10
October 16, 2015

oh yes !! sorry for the confusion.

'Members' are the one who drives the permissions rather 'Groups'. By default 'everyone' will be part of all the groups

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