Remove "jira-users" from users of "JIRA Delegated Authentication Directory"?

Question

We create our users in the "JIRA Delegated Authentication Directory" directory so users can us AD / LDAP password to Login. When users leave the company I have to remove "jira-users" group because JIRA does not allow to deactivate users. User without "jira-users" group so indicate that the user is historic.

Why can't the "jira-users" group be removed from "JIRA Delegated Authentication Directory" users?

Jositz, Michael (Allianz SE) · Answer

So there has to be at least 1 group with Global Permission "JIRA Users" (which has group "jira-users")? It is not possible that a user has no group (which in my company was the indicator that the user is disabled in JIRA <= 4.2.x).

So we have to wait another few years for:

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-2220

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-3774

Thanks for the answer :-).

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

It can, but you need to replace it with another group, or set of groups, so that Jira knows "people in this group can log into Jira"