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What is the difference between group and closed user group in aem?

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What is the difference between group and closed user group in aem?

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    Closed User Groups (CUG) are used specifically to restrict access to pages in the publish environment [0][1]. When talking about groups, we generally mean groups on the author instance[2]

    [0]https://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/aem/6-1/administer/security/cug.html

    [1]https://helpx.adobe.com/experience-manager/kb/HowToSetupCUG.html

    [2]http://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/aem/6-1/administer/security/user-group-ac-admin.html

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    joerghoh
    joerghoh
    Employee
    October 16, 2015

    To extend Opkar's post:

    • groups are used to manage permissions and principals
    • closed user groups is a feature of AEM, which allows you to restrict access to content on publishing. It is based on the "groups" concept and does not support permissions for individual users.

    kind regards,
    Jörg

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      ogillAccepted solution
      Employee
      October 16, 2015

      Closed User Groups (CUG) are used specifically to restrict access to pages in the publish environment [0][1]. When talking about groups, we generally mean groups on the author instance[2]

      [0]https://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/aem/6-1/administer/security/cug.html

      [1]https://helpx.adobe.com/experience-manager/kb/HowToSetupCUG.html

      [2]http://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/aem/6-1/administer/security/user-group-ac-admin.html

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