Modifying A Role Entry; Making A Role Inactive; Reactivating A Role - Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 7.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Using Roles
Click OK to save your changes once you have finished modifying the roles.
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Modifying a Role Entry

To edit an existing role:
In the Directory Server Console, select the Directory tab.
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Browse the navigation tree in the left pane to locate the base DN for your role.
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Roles appear in the right pane with other entries.
Double-click the role.
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The Edit Entry dialog box appears.
Click General in the left pane to change the role name and description.
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Click Members in the left pane to change the members of managed and
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nested roles or to change the filter of a filtered role.
Click OK to save your changes.
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Making a Role Inactive

You can temporarily disable the members of a role by inactivating the role to
which they belong. Inactivating a role inactivates the entries possessed by the
role, not the role itself.
To temporarily disable the members of a role:
In the Directory Server Console, select the Directory tab.
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Browse the navigation tree in the left pane to locate the base DN for your role.
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Roles appear in the right pane with other entries.
Select the role. Select Inactivate from the Object menu.
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You can also right-click the role and select Inactivate from the menu.
The role is inactivated.
To see the inactivated entries, select Inactivation State from the View menu. A
red slash through the role icon indicates that the role has been inactivated.

Reactivating a Role

To reactivate a disabled role:
In the Directory Server Console, select the Directory tab.
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