Technical Tip: New AD Security Groups Not Displaying in Administrative UI

Description

After creating a new group in Active Directory, the group does not appear in the groups view in FortiNAC.To make sure the group is imported in FortiNAC perform the following actions.

1. Navigate to System -> Settings -> Authentication -> LDAP.
2. Highlight applicable directory and select the Modify button.
3. Select Groups.

Figure 1. Select groups to be Imported from the LDAP Directory.

4. Check the box next to the new group.
5. Select OK.
6. Select System -> Scheduler -> Synchronize Users with Directory.
7. Select Run Now.

Figure 2. Synchronize DIrectory users and groups in order to import selected groups from LDAP.

 

 

Once the directory has completed synchronizing, the group should appear in the groups view.

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