Managing Organizational Units

For LDAP services, organizational units are edited and managed from the Manage Organizational Units page on the Administration Server Users and Groups tab.

This section contains the following topics:

• Finding Organizational Units

• Editing Organizational Unit Attributes

• Renaming Organizational Units

• Removing Organizational Units

Finding Organizational Units

This procedure applies to LDAP services only.

To find organizational units

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

2. Click the Manage Organizational Units link.

3. Enter the name of the unit you want to find in the Find Organizational Unit field.

   You can enter any of the following:

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

   • An asterisk (*) to see all groups currently residing in your directory. You can achieve the same result by 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 section to narrow the results of your search. For more information, see Find All Units Whose .

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 (topmost entry).

5. In the Format field, specify whether the output should be formatted for display on screen or for printing to a printer.

6. At any stage in this process, click the Find button.

   All organizational units matching your search criteria will be displayed.

7. Click the link for the entry you want to display.

Find All Units Whose

For LDAP services, the Find All Units Whose section enables you to build a custom search filter. Use the fields in this section to narrow the search results that are otherwise returned by Find Organizational Unit.

The left drop-down list specifies the attribute on which the search is based. The following options are available:

• Unit name. Searches each entry’s full name for a match.

• Description. Searches each organizational unit entry’s description for a match.

The center drop-down list specifies the type of search to perform. The following options are available:

• Contains. Causes a sub-string search to be performed. Entries with attribute values containing the specified search string are returned. For example, if you know an organizational unit’s name probably contains the word “Administrator,” use this option with the search string “Administrator” to find the organizational unit entry.

• Is. Causes an exact match to be found. Use this option when you know the exact value of an organizational unit’s attribute. For example, you know the exact spelling of the organizational unit’s name.

• Isn’t. Returns all entries whose attribute value does not exactly match the search string. That is, use this option if you want to find all organizational units in the directory whose name does not contain “administrator.” Be aware, however, that use of this option can cause an extremely large number of entries to be returned.

• Sounds like. Causes an approximate, or phonetic, search to be performed. Use this option if you know an attribute’s value, but are unsure of the spelling. For example, you do not know if an organizational unit’s name is spelled “Sarret’s list,” “Sarette’s list,” or “Sarett’s list.”

• Starts with. Causes a sub-string search to be performed. Returns all entries whose attribute value starts with the specified search string. For example, you know an organizational unit’s name starts with “Product,” but do not know the rest of the name.

• Ends with. Causes a sub-string search to be performed. Returns all entries whose attribute value ends with the specified search string. For example, you know an organizational unit’s name ends with “development,” but do not know the rest of the name.

In the right text field, enter a search string. To display all organizational unit entries contained in the Look Within directory, enter an asterisk (*) or leave this field blank.

Editing Organizational Unit Attributes

This procedure applies to LDAP services only.

To Edit Organizational Unit Entries

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

2. Click the Manage Organizational Units link.

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

4. Make the desired changes.

   For more information about specific fields, see the online Help.

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   Note –

   To change an attribute value that is not displayed by the organizational unit edit page, use the directory server ldapmodify command-line utility, if available.

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Renaming Organizational Units

This procedure applies to LDAP services only. When you rename an organizational unit entry, only the organizational unit’s name is changed. You cannot use the rename feature to move the entry from one organizational unit to another.

To Rename Organizational Units

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

2. Click the Manage Organizational Units link.

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

4. Click the Rename button.

5. Type the new organizational unit name on the page that displays, and click Save Changes.

Removing Organizational Units

This procedure applies to LDAP services only.

To Delete Organizational Units

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

2. Click the Manage Organizational Units link.

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

4. Click the Delete button and then click OK in the resulting confirmation box.