Address Book Security; Edirectory Information Displayed In The Address Book; Suppressing The Contents Of The User Description Field - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

Address Book Security

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One of the purposes of the Address Book is to make user information available to all GroupWise
users. However, there might be types of information that you do not want to display.
Section 78.1, "eDirectory Information Displayed in the Address Book," on page 1175
Section 78.2, "Suppressing the Contents of the User Description Field," on page 1175
Section 78.3, "Controlling GroupWise Object Visibility in the Address Book," on page 1176
Section 78.4, "Controlling GroupWise Object Visibility between GroupWise Systems," on
page 1176
See also Part XVII, "Security Policies," on page
78.1 eDirectory Information Displayed in the
Address Book
The Address Book displays information stored in Novell
distribution lists in your GroupWise system. By default, the following information is displayed:
Name
Office phone number
Department
Fax number
User ID
You can configure the Address Book to display more or less information to meet the needs of your
users. See Section 6.1, "Customizing Address Book Fields," on page
By default, all users, resources, and distribution lists that you create in eDirectory are displayed in
the Address Book and are available to all GroupWise users.
78.2 Suppressing the Contents of the User
Description Field
By default, when you display details about a user in the Address Book, the information in the
Description field of the User object in eDirectory is displayed. If you keep confidential information
in the Description field of the User object, you can prevent this information from appearing the
GroupWise Address Book. See
Displaying in the Address Book," on page
1203.
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Section 6.1.6, "Preventing the User Description Field from
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