Supervising the Network

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Managing the NetWare Directory Services Tree
Creating and Managing Directory Services Partitions
<Insert> twice to browse the Directory tree for the destination container; then
select the destination container and press <F10>.
7 To accept the new context as the destination container, press <Enter>.
8 To confirm that you want to move the object listed in the “Old Context” field to
the container listed in the “New Context” field, press the <F10> key.
9 To create an alias in place of the moved container, choose “Yes.”
The Alias object will point to the partition’s new location, and the selected
object is moved to the destination container.
If you move an object and do not create an alias, users who are unaware of the
object’s new location will not easily find objects in the Directory tree, since they
will look for them in their original Directory tree location.
This might also cause client workstations to fail at login if the NAME
CONTEXT parameter in the NET.CFG file is set to the original location in the
Directory tree.
Because the context of an object changes when you move it, users whose name
context in their configuration file (NET.CFG file) references the moved object
need to update their NET.CFG so that it references the object’s new name.
To automatically update users’ NET.CFG file with a new name context after
moving an object, use the NCUPDATE utility. For instructions, see
”NCUPDATE” in Utilities Reference.
You need to wait for processes throughout the Directory tree to be completed
before you can perform another partition operation with this object.
Unless you want the partition you just moved to remain a partition, you
should merge it with its parent partition to avoid having an unnecessary
partition in the Directory tree. See “Merging Partitions” in this chapter.
Additional Information
For more information about Refer to
Objects
“Object” in Concepts
Rights
“Rights” in Concepts
Directory tree
“Directory tree” in Concepts
Using NETADMIN
“NETADMIN” in Utilities Reference