Creating A Group; Deleting A Group; Modifying A Group - Novell IMANAGER 2.7.3 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

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
NOTE: You can convert a static group to a dynamic group after the fact by using the

Modifying a Group

dynamicGroupAux class.
A group can be either nested or dynamic; it cannot be both. You cannot create a group that is
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

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.
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nestedGroupAux
option. This extends the selected Group object to belong to the
class.
nestedGroupAux