Copying Entry Dns To The Clipboard; Configuring The Directory Manager - Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 7.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Configuring the Directory Manager

Navigate through the tree in the left-hand pane to find the machine hosting
5.
your Directory Server, and click on its name or icon to display its general
properties.
To edit the name and description of your Directory Server, click the Edit
6.
button. Enter the new name and description in the text boxes. The name will
appear in the tree on the left. Click OK to set the new name and description.
Double-click the name of your Directory Server in the tree or click the Open
7.
button to display the Directory Server Console.

Copying Entry DNs to the Clipboard

Using the Directory tab, you can copy the DN of an entry to the clipboard.
To do this:
In the Directory Server Console, select the Directory tab.
1.
Browse through the tree until the entry whose DN you want to copy is
2.
displayed.
Select the entry in the tree, and then select Edit >Copy DN, or press
3.
Shift+Ctrl+C.
Configuring the Directory Manager
The Directory Manager is the privileged database administrator, comparable to the
root
Directory Manager. You initially defined this entry during installation. The
default is
The password for this user is defined in the
To change the Directory Manager DN and password and the encryption scheme
used for this password:
Log in to the Directory Console as Directory Manager.
1.
If you are already logged in to the Console, see "Binding to the Directory
from Red Hat Console," on page 36, for instructions on how to log in as a
different user.
In the Directory Server Console, select the Configuration tab, and then select
2.
the top entry in the navigation tree in the left pane.
user in UNIX. Access control does not apply to the entry you define as
cn=Directory Manager
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