User guide

164 DSView Installer/User Guide
See Using the Customize link in windows on page 15 for more information.
Group naming in external authentication services
Groups in Active Directory (AD) external authentication services are specified using a combination
of their Active Directory folder and group name, minus the group container specified in the
DSView software.
The group container defaults to the AD domain root if it is unspecified.
For example, if you have an AD external authentication service for the “sw.eng.mydomain.com”
domain with no group container specified, The “Domain Users” group in the
“sw.eng.mydomain.com/Users” folder will have a DSView software equivalent of “Users/
Domain Users”.
Using the same example, but with a group container of “Users”, the DSView software equivalent is
“Domain Users”.
Using the same example, but with a group container of “mydomain.com”, the DSView software
equivalent is “eng/sw/Users/Domain Users”.
Groups in LDAP external authentication services are specified using a modified
distinguishedName of their LDAP object, minus the group base DN specified in the
DSView software.
For example, if you have an LDAP external authentication service with a group base DN of
“ou=myldap,c=US”, the “cn=Admin Users,ou=Users,o=myldap,c=US” group will have a DSView
software equivalent of “Admin Users”.
Using the same example, but with the “cn=Admin Users,c=Sunrise,ou=Users,o=myldap,c=US”
group, the DSView software equivalent is “Sunrise/Admin Users”.
To display user groups:
1. Click Users in the tab bar.
2. Click Groups in the top navigation bar. Built-In will automatically be selected in the side
navigation bar and the User Groups - Built-in window will open.
-or-
Click User-Defined in the side navigation bar. The User Groups - User Defined window
will open.
Adding user-defined user groups
If you are using DSView Internal authorization, you may add your own custom user-defined user
groups. Once a user-defined user group is created, you may add other users that use DSView
internal authentication as members.
External user-defined user groups may be added, but their membership is not controlled by the
DSView software.