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Start Netscape Console by entering the following command:
3.
% /usr/netscape/servers/startconsole
The Console login window is displayed. Or, if your configuration directory
(the directory that contains the
instance of Directory Server, a window is displayed requesting the
administrator user id, password, and the URL of the Netscape Administration
Server for that directory server.
Log in using the bind DN and password of a user with sufficient access
4.
permissions for the operations you want to perform.
For example, use
Netscape Console is displayed.
On the Topology tab, go down the navigation tree until you locate the
5.
Directory Server icon, and double-click this icon.
The Directory Server Console is displayed.
Copying Entry DNs to the Clipboard
Using the Directory tab, you can copy the DN of an entry to the clipboard.
To do this:
On 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 user in UNIX. Access control does not apply to the entry you define as
Directory Manager. You initially defined this entry during installation. The default
is
cn=Directory Manager
The password for this user is defined in the
o=NetscapeRoot
cn=Directory Manager
.
Chapter 1
Configuring the Directory Manager
suffix) is stored in a separate
, and the appropriate password. The
attribute.
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