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Published Jul. 2, 2025

User gets a site despite disabling it in portal-ext

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Alexandra Rujzam

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Issue

We have set the following settings in portal-ext.properties, but when a user is created, an entry is also created in the group_ table that has the username as the friendly-url.

layout.user.public.layouts.enabled=false
layout.user.public.layouts.auto.create=false
layout.user.private.layouts.enabled=false
layout.user.private.layouts.auto.create=false

Environment

  • Liferay Portal 6.0+
  • Liferay DXP 7.0+

Resolution

The creation of group (=site) for users is intentional and cannot be disabled: there is always a group associated with a given user. What the mentioned properties control is the creation of public/private pages (=layouts), not the creation of groups. You may find more information on personal sites here: Customizing Personal Sites.

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