Group xxxx could not be found. Please confirm the existence of the group with a Confluence Administrator.

• One good way to control permissions on wikis.mit.edu is to set up a group in Moira containing everyone who needs a particular set of permissions on a wiki space, and then give that group permissions on the Space Admin page.
• However, sometimes a group will not appear in the group search and cannot be added.

Context

• The group must be a group (not just a mailing list) in Moira.
• If no one in the group has ever logged into the wiki server, then the group will also not be found.

Solution

• List owners can set a Moira list to be a group by editing it in WebMoira: https://groups.mit.edu/webmoira/list/LISTNAME
• If a valid Moira group is not appearing, then list owners should add themselves (briefly) to the group and then log into http://wikis.mit.edu - that will cause the group to appear on the wiki server.

See Also

• Wikis Landing Page
• User xxxxx could not be found. Please confirm his or her existence with a Confluence Administrator