Managing User Source Connections; Adding A Container From A User Source - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION REFERENCE 10.3 16-04-2010 System Administration Manual

Connections: For more information, see
on page 264.
Authentication Servers: For more information, see
Server Connections for User Sources," on page

31.2.4 Adding a Container from a User Source

After you've defined a user source in your Management Zone, you can add containers from that
source at any time.
1 In ZENworks Control Center, click the Configuration tab.
2 In the User Sources panel, click the user source.
3 In the User Containers panel, click Add to display the Add User Container dialog box, then fill
in the following fields:
Context: Click to browse for and select the container you want to add.
Display Name: Specify the name you want used for the user container when it is displayed in
ZENworks Control Center. The name cannot be the same as the name of any other user
containers.
4 Click OK to add the user container.
The container, and its users and user groups, is now available on the Users page.

31.3 Managing User Source Connections

You can use Primary Servers and Satellite devices that have the Authentication role to authenticate
users to the ZENworks Management Zone. To improve performance, you can create multiple
connections to local replicas of Novell eDirectory or Active Directory trees so that Satellites do not
have to authenticate users over a WAN or slow link. Creating connections to local LDAP user
sources also provides fault tolerance by providing failover to other user source connection in the
event that one connection does not work.
For example, if you use Novell eDirectory in your ZENworks environment, you can use multiple
authentication servers in your system so that Satellites with the Authentication role can contact local
authentication servers for authentication purposes rather than contacting remote servers.
Section 31.3.2, "Editing User Source Connections,"
Section 31.5, "Managing Authentication
267.
User Sources 263