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About Users and Groups
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About Users and Groups
Enterprise Administration Server provides you access to your application data
about user accounts, group lists, access privileges, organization units, and other
user/group-specific information. You can use Enterprise Administration Server
to create, locate, and manage records for users and groups within your
Enterprise Servers.
Netscape Enterprise Server 4.0 does not support local LDAP. In order to add
users and groups, you must have a directory server installed, such as Netscape
Directory Server. If you need to create, locate, or manage records for users and
groups on any other servers within your network, you should use Netscape
Console with your Directory Server. For more information, see
Managing
Servers with Netscape Console
.
Warning (NT)
You cannot install Netscape Directory Server 4.x and Netscape Enterprise
Server 4.0 on the same Windows NT machine because of system library
conflicts. Install Directory Server on a separate machine and use the Enterprise
Administration Server’s Global Settings tab to configure Enterprise Server to use
that Directory Server.
The Users and Groups tab of Enterprise Administration Server enables you to
create or modify users, groups, and organizational units. Each user and group
in your enterprise is represented by a
Distinguished Name (DN) attribute. A
DN attribute is a text string that contains identifying information for an
associated user, group, or object. You use DNs whenever you make changes to
a user or group directory entry. For more information regarding distinguished
name syntax and frequently used attributes, see
Managing Servers with
Netscape Console.
Note that if you do not currently have a directory, or if you want to add a new
subtree to an existing directory, you can use the Directory Server’s
Administration Server LDIF import function. This function accepts a file
containing LDIF and attempts to build a directory or a new subtree from the
LDIF entries. You can also export your current directory to LDIF using the
Directory Server’s LDIF export function. This function creates an LDIF-
formatted file that represents your directory. For more information, see your
Directory Server documentation.