Editing Entries

You can modify existing entries in the directory using the Directory Server interface. Modify an entry by searching for the entry, viewing it, and then clicking the edit button.

If you have not authenticated before you attempt to edit an entry, or if your authentication has expired, the Directory Server prompts you to authenticate before continuing.

You can edit:

Editing People

To edit a person's entry, do the following:
  1. Search for the entry using the Standard Search or Advanced Search mechanism.
  2. View the entry.
  3. Click the Edit Person button.
  4. If you have not authenticated before you attempt to edit an entry, or if your authentication has expired, the Directory Server prompts you to authenticate before continuing.
  5. To edit the person's entry, type the value you desire for each field. You must supply values for the required fields. The required fields for a person are:
  6. You can provide values for the optional fields now, or edit them later. The optional fields for a person are:
  7. First Name  Phone  Email Address 
    Fax  User ID  Pager 
    Mobile Phone  Business Category  Title 
    Organizational Unit  Manager  Room Number 
    Admin  Dept#  Emp# 
    Car License#  Mailing Address  Description 
    See Also  URL  Password 

  8. You may add values to the Manager and Admin fields by clicking the corresponding Edit button.
  9. You may add values to the See Also field by clicking the corresponding Edit button.
  10. When you are done editing the fields, click Save Changes.
From this window you can also:

Adding Values to the Manager and Admin Fields

When you click the Edit button in the Manager or Admin field, a new form that allows you to add or delete the corresponding attribute value is displayed. To add an individual to the Manager or Admin attribute, do the following:
  1. In the text box, enter a search string to be used to locate the entry of the person who is the manager or admin. Enter any of the following:
  2. Click "Find and Add" to find the matching entry and add it to the list. If any entries that you do not want to designate as manager or admin are listed, click the box in the "Remove from list" column. You can also construct a search filter to match the entries you want removed and then click "Find and Remove."
  3. When the list of group members is complete, click Save Changes. The currently displayed entry is now the value for the manager or admin attribute field.

Editing NT People

To edit an NT person's entry, do the following:
  1. Search for the entry using the Standard Search or Advanced Search mechanism.
  2. View the entry.
  3. Click the Edit NT Person button.
  4. If you have not authenticated before you attempt to edit an entry, or if your authentication has expired, the Directory Server prompts you to authenticate before continuing.
  5. To edit the person's entry, type in the new value for each field. You must supply values for the required fields. The required fields for an NT person are:
  6. You can provide values for the optional fields now, or add them later. The optional fields for an NT person are:
  7. First Name  Phone  Email Address 
    Fax  Directory Server Password  Pager 
    Mobile Phone  Business Category  Title 
    Organizational Unit  Manager  Room Number 
    Admin  Dept#  Emp# 
    Car License#  Mailing Address  Description 
    See Also  URL  User Id 

  8. You can also change the value for the Delete NT Account if Person deleted option.
  9. To add values to the Manager and Admin fields, click the corresponding Edit button.
  10. To add values to the See Also field, click the corresponding Edit button.
  11. When you are done editing the fields, click Save Changes.
From this window you can also:

Editing Groups

To edit a group entry, do the following:
  1. Search for the entry using the Standard Search or Advanced Search mechanism.
  2. View the entry.
  3. Click the Edit Group button.
  4. If you have not authenticated before you attempt to edit an entry, or if your authentication has expired, the Directory Server prompts you to authenticate before continuing.
  5. To edit the group's entry, type the new value for each field. You must supply values for the required field, Name.
  6. You can provide values for the optional fields now, or edit them later. The optional fields for a group are:
  7. Description  Owner 
    Group Members  See Also

  8. To add values to the See Also, Owners, and Group Members fields click the corresponding Edit button.
  9. When you are done editing the fields, click Save Changes.
From this window you can also:

Adding Values to the Owner, See Also, and Group Member Fields

When you click the Edit button for Owner, See Also, or Group Members, a new form that allows you to add or delete members is displayed. An owner, see also, or group member can be either an individual or a group. That is, if you add a group as an owner, see also, or group member, anyone belonging to the group becomes a member of the list. For example, if Barbara Jensen is a member of the Marketing Managers group, and you make the Marketing Managers group a member of the Marketing Personnel group, then Barbara Jensen is also a member of the Marketing Personnel group. To add members, owners, or see alsos, do the following:
  1. If you want to add user entries to the list, make sure People is shown in the first dialog box. If you want to add group entries to the group, make sure Group is shown.
  2. In the second dialog box, enter a search string. Enter any of the following:
  3. Click "Find and Add" to find all the matching entries and add them to the list. If any entries are shown that you do not want to include in the list, click the box in the "Remove from list" column. You can also construct a search filter to match the entries you want removed and then click "Find and Remove."
  4. When the list of group members is complete, click Save Changes. The currently displayed entries now belong to the list.

Editing NT Groups

To edit an NT group entry, do the following:
  1. Search for the entry using the Standard Search or Advanced Search mechanism.
  2. View the entry.
  3. Click the Edit NT Group button.
  4. If you have not authenticated before you attempt to edit an entry, or if your authentication has expired, the Directory Server prompts you to authenticate before continuing.
  5. To edit the group's entry, type in the value for each field. You must supply values for the required fields. The required fields for an NT group are:
  6. You can provide values for the optional fields now, or add them later. The optional fields for an NT group are:
  7. Description  Owner 
    Group Members  See Also
     
  8. You can also change the value for the Delete NT Group if Group Deleted option.
  9. You can add values to the See Also, Owners, and Group Members fields by clicking the corresponding "Edit" button.
  10. When you are done editing, click Save Changes.
From this window you can also:

Editing Organizational Units

To edit an organizational unit, do the following:
  1. Search for the entry using the Standard Search or Advanced Search mechanism.
  2. View the entry.
  3. Click the Edit Organizational Unit button.
  4. If you have not authenticated before you attempt to edit an entry, or if your authentication has expired, the Directory Server prompts you to authenticate before continuing.
  5. To edit the organizational unit's entry, type in the value for each field. You must supply values for the required fields.
  6. The required field for an organizational unit is Unit Name.
  7. You can provide values for the optional fields now, or add them later. The optional fields for an organizational unit are:
  8. Description  Phone  Business Category 
    Fax  Location  Mailing Address 
    See Also     

  9. When you are done editing, click Save Changes.
From this window you can also:

Editing Domain Components

To edit a domain, do the following:
  1. Search for the entry using the Standard Search or Advanced Search mechanism.
  2. View the entry.
  3. Click the Edit Domaincomponent button.
  4. If you have not authenticated before you attempt to edit an entry, or if your authentication has expired, the Directory Server prompts you to authenticate before continuing.
  5. To edit the domain's entry, type in the value for each field. You must supply values for the required fields.
  6. The required field for a domain is Domaincomponent Name.
  7. You can provide values for the optional fields now, or add them later. The optional fields for a domain are:
  8. Description Phone Business Category
    Fax Location Mailing Address
    See Also    

  9. When you are done editing, click Save Changes.
From this window you can also:

Editing Organizations

To edit an organization entry, do the following:
  1. Search for the entry using the Standard Search or Advanced Search mechanism.
  2. View the entry.
  3. Click the Edit Organization button.
  4. If you have not authenticated before you attempt to edit an entry, or if your authentication has expired, the Directory Server prompts you to authenticate before continuing.
  5. To edit the organizational unit's entry, type in the value for each field. You must supply values for the required fields.
  6. The required fields for an organization is Organization Name.
  7. You may provide values for the optional fields now, or edit them later. The optional fields for an organization are:
  8. Description  Phone  Business Category 
    Fax  Location  Mailing Address 
    See Also     
     
  9. When you are done editing, click Save Changes.

Renaming Entries

To rename an entry, do the following:
  1. Search for the entry using the Standard Search or Advanced Search mechanism.
  2. View the entry.
  3. Click the Edit button.
  4. Enter the new common name for the entry.
  5. Click Save Changes.
Note the following rules about renaming an entry:

Deleting Entries

To delete an entry, do the following:
  1. Search for the entry using the Standard Search or Advanced Search mechanism.
  2. View the entry.
  3. Click the Edit button.
  4. Click the Delete button.
Note that you cannot delete an entry if it has any child entries. Specifically, you cannot delete an organizational unit if it has any entries below it in the tree. To delete a branch point in the directory tree, you must first delete everything below that point in the tree, and then delete the entry.

Changing Passwords

In the Directory Server interface, you can change your own password. You can also change another person's password if you are the directory manager or an unrestricted user with write privileges to the password attribute.

To change a password, do the following:

  1. Search for the entry using the Standard Search or Advanced Search mechanism.
  2. View the entry.
  3. Click the Edit button.
  4. Click the Change Password button.

  5. If you are changing your own password, you must enter the old password for the change command to succeed. (If you are authenticated as anyone besides the current entry, you are not prompted to enter the old password.)
  6. Click the Change Password button.