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Usage
Tree is used to make universal rights assignments. Because of inheritance, any rights assignments
you make to Tree as the target apply to all objects in the tree. See
Section 1.10, “eDirectory Rights,”
on page 56 . The [Public] trustee has the Browse right and Admin has the Supervisor right to Tree by
default.
Important Properties
The Tree object has a Name property, which is the tree name you supply when installing the first
server. The tree name is shown in the hierarchy of iManager.
Organization
An Organization container object is created when you first install eDirectory on a server in your
network. As the top-most container under Tree, it usually holds Organizational Unit objects and leaf
objects.
The User object named Admin is created by default in your first Organization container.
What an Organization Object Represents
Normally the Organization object represents your company, although you can create additional
Organization objects under Tree. This is typically done for networks with distinct geographical
districts or for companies with separate eDirectory trees that have merged.
Usage
The way you use Organization objects in your tree depends on the size and structure of your
network. If the network is small, you should keep all leaf objects under one Organization object.
For larger networks, you can create Organizational Unit objects under the Organization to make
resources easier to locate and manage. For example, you can create Organizational Units for each
department or division in your company.
For networks with multiple sites, you should create an Organizational Unit for each site under the
Organization object. That way, if you have (or plan to have) enough servers to partition the
directory, you can do so logically along site boundaries.
For easy sharing of company-wide resources such as printers, volumes, or applications, create
corresponding Printer, Volume, or Application objects under the Organization.
Important Properties
The most useful properties for Organization are listed below. Only the Name property is required.
For a complete list of properties, select an Organization object in iManager. To display a description
for each page of properties, click
Help .
• Name
Typically, the Name property is the same as your company’s name. Of course, you can shorten
it for simplicity. For instance, if the name of your company is Your Shoe Company, you might
use YourCo.
The Organization name becomes part of the context for all objects created under it.