Managing Organizational Units

For LDAP services, you edit and manage organizational units from the Organizational Unit Edit form. This section describes the following tasks:

• Finding Organizational Units

• Editing Organizational Unit Attributes

• Renaming Organizational Units

• Deleting Organizational Units

Finding Organizational Units

To find organizational units (LDAP services only)

1. Access the Administration Server and choose the Users and Groups tab.

2. Click Manage Organizational Units.

3. Type the name of the unit you want to find in the Find organizational unit field. You can enter any of the following in the search field:

   • A name. Enter a full name or a partial name. All entries that equally match the search string will be returned. If no such entries are found, all entries that contain the search string will be found. If no such entries are found, any entries that sounds like the search string are found.

     • An asterisk (*) to see all of the groups currently residing in your directory. You can achieve this same result by simply leaving the field blank.

     • Any LDAP search filter. Any string that contains an equal sign (=) is considered to be a search filter.

       As an alternative, use the drop-down menus in the Find all units whose field to narrow the results of your search.

4. In the Look within field, select the organizational unit under which you want to search for entries.

   The default is the root point of the directory.

5. In the Format field, choose either On-Screen or Printer.

6. Click Find.

   All the organizational units matching your search criteria are displayed.

7. In the resulting table, click the name of the organizational unit that you want to find.

The “Find all units whose” Field

For LDAP services, the “Find all units whose” field allows you to build a custom search filter. Use this field to narrow down the search results that are otherwise returned by Find organizational unit.

To display all of the group entries contained in the Look within directory, enter either an asterisk (*) or simply leave this text field blank.

For more information regarding how to build a custom search filter, see Building Custom Search Queries.

Editing Organizational Unit Attributes

To change a organizational unit entry (LDAP services only) , access the Administration Server and perform the following

To change a organizational unit entry

1. Locate the organizational unit you want to edit as described in Finding Organizational Units.

   The organizational unit edit form is displayed.

2. Change the displayed fields as desired and click Save Changes.

   The changes are made immediately.

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   Note –

   It is possible that you will want to change an attribute value that is not displayed by the organizational unit edit form. In this situation, use the Directory Server ldapmodify command line utility, if available.

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Renaming Organizational Units

To rename an organizational unit entry (LDAP services only), access the Administration Server and perform the following

To rename an organizational unit entry

1. Make sure no other entries exist in the directory under the organizational unit that you want to rename.

2. Locate the organizational unit you want to edit as described in Finding Organizational Units.

3. Click Rename.

4. Enter the new organizational unit name in the resulting dialog box.

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   Note –

   When you rename an organizational unit entry, you can only change the organizational unit’s name. You cannot use the rename feature to move the entry from one organizational unit to another. For more information, see Renaming Organizational Units..

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Deleting Organizational Units

To delete an organizational unit entry (LDAP services only), access the administration Server and perform the following

To delete an organizational unit entry

1. Make sure no other entries exist in the directory under the organizational unit that you want to rename.

2. Locate the organizational unit you want to delete as described in Finding Organizational Units.

3. Click the Delete button.

4. Click OK in the resulting confirmation box.

   The organizational unit is immediately deleted.