Netscape NETSCAPE CONSOLE 6.0 - MANAGING SERVERS, Manual

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Interacting with Directory Server
88 Managing Servers with Netscape Console • December 2001
To Locate Users or Groups in the Directory
1.
In Netscape Console, click the “Users and Groups” tab.
2.
Specify your search criteria in one of these ways:
To find specific entries, enter all or part of a user, group, or organizational unit
name in the text entry box. For example, entering
John Swanson
returns any
entries with DNs containing “John Swanson” while entering
John
returns all
entries with DNs contains the word “John.”
To see all the entries currently stored in your directory, leave the Search field
blank or enter an asterisk (*). Keep in mind that retrieving all entries in a large
database can take a long time.
To specify more focused search criteria, click the Advanced button. In the
“Search users and groups” dialog box, enter the following information:
Search. Specify where to perform the search by choosing Users, Groups, Users
and Groups, or Administrators.
Where. First choose an RDN keyword, and then choose a search operator and
term.
3.
Click Search. Results are displayed in the list box.