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Chapter 7. Managing User Accounts and Passwords
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7.2.3. Activating User and Roles Using the Console
The following procedure describes activating a user or a role using the Console:
1. Select the
Directory
tab.
2. Browse the navigation tree in the left navigation pane, and double-click the user or role to activate.
Alternatively, select
Activate
from the
Object
menu.
The
Edit Entry
dialog box appears.
3. Click
Account
in the left pane. The right pane states that the role or user is inactivated. Click the
Activate
to activate the user or role.
4. If the user or role is a member of another inactivated role, the
Console
displays an option for
viewing the inactivated roles. Click
Show Inactivated Roles
to view the list of roles to which the
user or role belongs.
5. Click
OK
.
Once reactivated, the state of the object can be viewed by selecting
Inactivation State
from the
View
menu. The icon of the role or user in the right pane of the Console appears as normal. The red slash
through the icon indicating it was inactive disappears.
7.2.4. Activating User and Roles Using the Command-Line
To activate a user account, use the
ns-activate.pl
script. The following example describes using
the
ns-activate.pl
script to activate Joe Frasier's user account:
ns-activate.pl -D Directory Manager -w secretpwd -p 389 -h example.com
-I "uid=jfrasier,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com"
The following table describes the
ns-inactivate.pl
options used in the example:
Option Name Description
-D The DN of the directory administrator.
-w The password of the directory administrator.
-p Port used by the server.
-h Name of the server on which the directory
resides.
-I DN of the user account or role to activate.
For more information about running the
ns-activate.pl
script, refer to the
Directory Server
Configuration, Command, and File Reference
.
7.3. Setting Resource Limits Based on the Bind DN
Server limits for search operations are controlled using special operational attribute values on the
client application binding to the directory. You can set the following search operation limits:
•
Look through limit.
Specifies how many entries can be examined for a search operation.