How To Create A New User Entry - Netscape ENTREPRISE SERVER 6.1 - 08-2002 ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Creating Users
• The user ID must be unique. The Administration Server ensures that the user
ID is unique by searching the entire directory from the search base (base DN)
down to see if the user ID is in use. Be aware, however, that if you use the
Directory Server
user, that it does not ensure unique user IDs. If duplicate user IDs exist in your
directory, the affected users will not be able to authenticate to the directory.
• Note that the base DN specifies the distinguished name where directory
lookups will occur by default, and where all Netscape Web Administration
Server's entries are placed in your directory tree. A "DN" is the string
representation for the name of an entry in a Directory Server.
• Note that at a minimum, you must specify the following user information
when creating a new user entry:
• If any organizational units have been defined for your directory, you can
specify where you want the new user to be placed using the Add New User To
list. The default location is your directory's base DN (or root point).
NOTE

How to Create a New User Entry

To create a user entry, read the guidelines outlined in "Guidelines for Creating
User Entries," on page 61, then perform the following steps:
Access the Administration Server and choose the Users & Groups tab.
1.
Click the New User link and add the associated information to the displayed
2.
page.
For more information, see The New User Page in the online help.
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ldapmodify
surname or last name
full name
user ID
The user edit text fields for international information differs between the
Administration Server and Netscape Console. In Netscape Console, in
addition to the untagged cn fields, there is a preferred language cn field
which doesn't exist in the Administration Server.
command line utility (if available) to create a