Creating Multiple Groupwise Accounts - Novell GROUPWISE 7 - USERS Manual

6 Click Apply to save the changes.
7 Click GroupWise > General > Identification to display the user's current eDirectory
8 Make sure that the user's eDirectory information is current, then click OK.

13.2.2 Creating Multiple GroupWise Accounts

If you have multiple eDirectory users who will have GroupWise accounts on the same post office,
you can use the Post Office object's Membership page to quickly add the users and create their
accounts. Each user's GroupWise user ID will be the same as his or her eDirectory username.
To create GroupWise accounts for multiple eDirectory users:
1 In ConsoleOne, right-click the Post Office object, then click Properties.
2 Click GroupWise > Membership to display the Membership page.
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Gateway Access: This option applies only if you have GroupWise gateways that support
access restrictions. For more information, see your
www.novell.com/documentation/gwgateways).
Disable Logins: Select this option to prevent the user from accessing his or her GroupWise
mailbox. For more information, see
Accounts," on page 240.
LDAP Authentication: This option applies only if you are using LDAP to authenticate users
to GroupWise, as described in
Users," on page 501, and if the LDAP server is not a Novell LDAP server. If this is the case,
specify the user's LDAP authentication ID.
Restore Area: This field applies only if you are using the GroupWise backup and restore
features. If so, this field indicates the location where the user's mailbox is being backed up. For
details, see Chapter 32, "Restoring GroupWise Databases from Backup," on page
Change GroupWise Password: Click this option to assign a password to the user's
GroupWise account or change the current password. The user is prompted for this password
each time he or she logs in to GroupWise.
To be able to skip this option by setting a default password, see
Default Password for All New GroupWise Accounts," on page
Delete GroupWise Account: Click this option to delete the user's GroupWise account. This
includes the user's mailbox and all items in the mailbox. The user's eDirectory account is not
affected. For more information, see
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information.
This information appears in the GroupWise Address Book, as described in
"GroupWise Address Book," on page
field of the User object, you can prevent this information from appearing the GroupWise
Address Book. See Section 6.1.5, "Preventing the User Description Field from Displaying in
the Address Book," on page
GroupWise gateway documentation (http://
Section 14.9, "Disabling and Enabling GroupWise
Section 36.3.4, "Providing LDAP Authentication for GroupWise
Section 14.10, "Removing GroupWise Accounts," on
85. If you keep private information in the Description
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Section 13.1, "Establishing a
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