Enterprise Groups

Enterprise Groups are a method used by HPC/ARSA to manage who has access to specific folders on the cluster. In regards to project areas on Monsoon, it will allow you as the data manager for your project, to assign who on the cluster has access to your data repository. That way, you can add or remove access at your will and not have to wait for us to add and remove people for you. This assumes that people you add have both an NAU account and a Monsoon account.

Creating an Enterprise Group

To create an Enterprise Group, navigate to the Enterprise Groups page as shown above and perform the following steps:

1. On the page linked at the button above, click on the Enterprise Groups tab.
2. Click on the Add link.
3. Fill out the form shown and click the Continue button.
4. Additional fields will appear regarding group membership. Modify these settings to your preferences, then click Add Group at the bottom of the page.

Managing User Access to an Enterprise Group

Users can be added to an Enterprise Group either when the group is being created or afterwards. There are two different privilege levels available for users: a Member, and an Owner. A Member only has standard permissions granted by being a part of the group while an Owner can add and remove users from the corresponding Enterprise Group.

To manage user access to an Enterprise Group, navigate to the Enterprise Groups page as shown above and perform the following steps:

1. On the page linked at the button above, click on the Enterprise Groups tab.
2. Next to the group you wish to modify user access on, click on the Modify label.
3. Perform your user access modifications.
4. Click on the Modify Group button at the bottom of the page to save your changes.

Checking Enterprise Group Access

In Monsoon, users within an Enterprise Group are assigned a local Linux group with the same name as the Enterprise Group. However, it may take some time for any Enterprise Group changes to be applied to Monsoon, so verifying your membership to an Enterprise Group may be necessary.

In order to see what groups you are a member of on Monsoon, use the groups command. You can provide the command with a uid if you wish to view the groups of another person, but the command will default to yourself if no arguments are provided.

[abc123@wind]$ groups
cluster
[abc123@wind]$ groups xyz789
cluster ITS-HPC-packages

If a group that you are expecting to see doesn’t appear when you run the command, we recommend waiting a few minutes then relogging into Monsoon. If this issue persists after several attempts, then please reach out to an owner of the Enterprise Group or contact us.