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Clarify the language around External Group membership with SAML SSO to clarify… See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab-ce!15042
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doc/integration/saml.md
...@@ -132,14 +132,17 @@ On the sign in page there should now be a SAML button below the regular sign in ...@@ -132,14 +132,17 @@ On the sign in page there should now be a SAML button below the regular sign in
Click the icon to begin the authentication process. If everything goes well the user Click the icon to begin the authentication process. If everything goes well the user
will be returned to GitLab and will be signed in. will be returned to GitLab and will be signed in.
## External Groups ## Marking Users as External based on SAML Groups
>**Note:** >**Note:**
This setting is only available on GitLab 8.7 and above. This setting is only available on GitLab 8.7 and above.
SAML login includes support for external groups. You can define in the SAML SAML login includes support for automatically identifying whether a user should
settings which groups, to which your users belong in your IdP, you wish to be be considered an [external](../user/permissions.md) user based on the user's group
marked as [external](../user/permissions.md). membership in the SAML identity provider. This feature **does not** allow you to
automatically add users to GitLab [Groups](../user/group/index.md), it simply
allows you to mark users as External if they are members of certain groups in the
Identity Provider.
### Requirements ### Requirements
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