Can you have a Group definition with several sub groups under it for space permissions

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Can you have a Group definition with several groups under it for space permissions

Currently when you create a group you can specify only users to join. Is there a way to specify Sub groups in the Group creation? Jira 5.2.4.2 or Confluence 4.3.3

I see the capability in ROLES, but we need to specifiy a user  group by space permissions so i see no way to do it.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted Answer

No.  Groups are flat groups.  You can only put users in groups, not other groups.