Group Policy Objects; Gpo Account Policies - Novell OPEN ENTERPRISE SERVER 2.0 SP2 - DOMAIN SERVICE FOR WINDOWS Manual

Setting the DFS Referral of the Server Holding the PDC Emulator Role as Active on
the Workstation
To set the DFS link of the server holding the PDC Emulator role as active, execute the following
procedure:
1 Browse to the
SYSVOL
in the file explorer. Select the
2 Right click the
domain.tld
referrals.
3 Select the link of the server holding the PDC Emulator role and set it as active.
For more information about Group Policy Object settings, refer to Microsoft's online
documentation (http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/abc2890d-f3f1-408c-
bafc-ac9e4e5b0e831033.mspx?mfr=true). For more information about NMAS
Password settings, refer to the
documentation/edir88/).

14.2 Group Policy Objects

Section 14.2.1, "GPO Account Policies," on page 149
Section 14.2.2, "gpo2nmas," on page 150
Section 14.2.3, "Enforcing Computer Configuration and User Configuration," on page 150
Section 14.2.4, "Troubleshooting," on page 151
Group Policy settings are stored in Group Policy Objects (GPO). A GPO consists of the following:
Group Policy Container: Stored in the directory.
Group Policy Template: Stored in the
The default configuration of
[sysvol]
comment = Group Policies
path = /var/opt/novell/xad/sysvol/sysvol
writable = Yes
share modes = No
nt acl support = No
Group Policy Template is stored in the

14.2.1 GPO Account Policies

The group of security settings in the GPO is called Account Policies and contains the following
policies:
Password Policy
Account Lockout Policy
Kerberos Policy
The
MACHINE/Microsoft/Windows NT/SecEdit/GptTmpl.inf
Account Policies of the GPO. They are managed by the Samba server.
folder by typing
\\domain.tld\sysvol\
folder.
domain.tld
folder to view the properties. Click the DFS tab. It will list two
®
Novell eDirectory documentation (http://www.novell.com/
SMB volume.
SYSVOL
resides in the
SYSVOL smb.conf
SMB volume.
SYSVOL
or
\\ ipadress\sysvol
Group Policy
and Universal
TM
file.
file inside contains the
SYSVOL
Managing Group Policy Settings 149