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• superuser is the user listed in the file
server_root /https-admserv/config/admpw
password) you specified during installation. This user has full access to all
forms in the Administration Server, except the Users & Groups forms, which
depend on the superuser having a valid account in an LDAP server such as
Directory Server.
• administrators go directly to the Server Manager forms for a specific server,
including the Administration Server. The forms they see depend on the access
control rules set up for them (usually done by the superuser). Administrators
can perform limited administrative tasks and can make changes that affect
other users, such as adding users or changing access control.
• end users can view read-only data stored in the database. Additionally, end
users may be granted access permissions to change only specific data.
For an in-depth discussion of access control for Enterprise Server, see "What Is
Access Control?," on page 159 in Chapter 8, "Controlling Access to Your Server."
NOTE Before you can enable distributed administration, you must install a
Directory Server. For more information, see the Netscape Enterprise Server
Installation and Migration Guide and the Netscape Directory Server
Administrator's Guide.
To enable distributed administration, perform the following steps:
Verify that you have installed a Directory Server.
1.
Access the Administration Server.
2.
One you've installed a Directory Server, you may also need to create an
3.
administration group, if you have not previously done so.
To create a group, perform the following steps:
Choose the Users & Groups tab.
a.
Click the New Group link.
b.
Create an "administrators" group in the LDAP directory and add the
c.
names of the users you want to have permission to configure the
Administration Server, or any of the servers installed in its server root. All
users in the "administrators" group have full access to the Administration
Server, but you can use access control to limit the servers and forms they
will be allowed to configure.
Allowing Multiple Administrators
. This is the user name (and
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