Grouper Users - Open Discussion List

[Peter DiCamillo <>]

Any insights into this? Is there a possibility this could be fixed 
before the new UI?

Peter

Peter DiCamillo wrote:
> I'm using Grouper 2.1, and I've come across an inconsistency with 
> deleting members using the full UI. If I select "Manage members" from 
> the Group summary page, I get the membership list. Ordinarily, if I've 
> selected "Show DIRECT members of this group", then next to each member 
> there is a checkbox that can be used with "Remove selected members", and 
> there is also a button for "Remove all members". I'm doing this as a 
> Grouper admin ("Act as admin" selected at the top right), so I'm allowed 
> to delete members of any group. However, for some groups, the checkboxes 
> and remove options do not appear. I eventually figured out they don't 
> appear if the group I'm working with is used as a term for a composite 
> group. I did the following as a test:
>
> 1. Create 2 groups, ALL_INCLUDES and ALL_EXCLUDES.
> 2. Add a member to ALL_EXCLUDES, and verify the remove options appear.
> 3. Create an ALL group as ALL_INCLUDES complement ALL_EXCLUDES.
> 4. Go back to ALL_EXCLUDES and the remove options are missing.
> 5. Delete the ALL group, and the remove options are back.
>
> Is this bug, or is there some reason why it works this way? I know I can 
> also delete a member by clicking on "is a direct member" and removing 
> the "member" privilege, but our admins expect the remove options to be 
> available.
>
> Peter