Users are unable to be granted system administrator privileges via a nested group or AD group

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    • Severity 3 - Minor

      Issue Summary

      As per title.

      Steps to Reproduce

      1. Add a user to a group in an external Active Directory server
      2. In Confluence, grant system administrator privileges to that AD group

      Please note that this bug has another cache related trigger condition and so may not manifest consistently.

      Expected Results

      That user should be granted system administrator privileges.

      e.g. They can access the system information page (/admin/systeminfo.action)

      Actual Results

      User does not possess system administrator privileges.

      Workaround

      Grant system administrator permission directly to user.
       

            Assignee:
            Aadil Akhtar
            Reporter:
            Kusal Kithul-Godage
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