5.3 Groups

Any user who creates a group automatically becomes the owner of the group. Available group operations include the following:

For more information about using and configuring Group objects, see the Novell eDirectory 8.8 SP7 Administration Guide.

5.3.1 Creating a Group

  1. In Roles and Tasks, select Groups > Create Group.

  2. In the Create Group page, provide the required information, then click OK.

    Select Dynamic Group to make the new group a dynamic group, of the class dynamicGroup. Otherwise, the group is created as a static group, or the class Group.

    Select Set Owner to make the creator of a group object the group owner. The group’s Owner attribute is set to the DN of iManager’s logged-in user. Deselect Set Owner to leave the Owner attribute undefined.

    Select Nested Group to make the new group a nested group so that the group is created with auxiliary class nestedGroupAux.

    NOTE:You can convert a static group to a dynamic group after the fact by using the Modifying a Group option. This extends the selected Group object to belong to the dynamicGroupAux class.

    A group can be either nested or dynamic. You cannot create a group that is both nested and dynamic.

    You can convert a static group to a nested group by using the Modifying a Group option. This makes the selected group object belong to the nestedGroupAux class.

5.3.2 Deleting a Group

  1. In Roles and Tasks, select Groups > Delete Group.

  2. In the Delete Group page, specify the name of the group object to delete, or use the Object Selector to locate it, then click OK.

    The Delete Group page lets you Select a single object, Select multiple objects, or use Advanced Selection option to specify the object to delete.

5.3.3 Modifying a Group

  1. In Roles and Tasks, select Groups > Modify Group.

  2. In the Modify Group page, specify the name of a Group object, or use the Object Selector to locate it, then click OK.

  3. Make the desired changes to the Group object’s attributes, then click OK.

    NOTE:If you modify a static group to be a dynamic group, and you are using RBS, you must enable dynamicGroupAux class support. To do this, open Configure > iManager Server > Configure iManager > RBS > Dynamic Group Search Type. Select DynamicGroupObjects&AuxClasses from the drop-down menu, then click Save.

    You cannot convert a dynamic group to a nested group and vice versa.

5.3.4 Modifying Members of Group

This task lets you make simultaneous identical modifications to the attributes of all member objects of a specified group.

  1. In Roles and Tasks, select Groups > Modify Members of Group.

  2. In the Modify Members of Group page, specify the name of a Group object, or use the Object Selector to locate it, then click OK.

  3. Make the desired changes to the member object’s attributes, then click OK.

5.3.5 Move Group

This link redirects you to the Move an Object task. For more information, see Moving an Object.

5.3.6 Rename Group

This option is identical to the Rename an Object task. For more information, see Renaming an Object.

5.3.7 Viewing My Groups

This page displays the groups that you own. From it, you can create a new group, and edit or delete an existing group.