Supervising the Network

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Setting Up and Managing NetWare Directory Services Objects
Creating Container Objects
You cannot use the following characters in an object name that must be
accessed from a client running a version of NetWare earlier than NetWare
4.1:
/ slash
\ backslash
: colon
, comma
* asterisk
? question mark
Creating Searchable Container Objects
When you create a container object, you can enter various types of
information about that object into its properties, such as location and
telephone. If you enter data into the containers’ properties in a consistent
format, it is easier to search the Directory database for a particular type of
information.
Many container object properties are optional; you are not required to enter
information in order to create the object. However, information in objects’
properties can help you track and manage container objects.
After you create container objects, you can use NetWare Administrator,
NETADMIN, or NLIST to search for and list these objects. You can also
search for their various properties.
Creating Container Objects Using Directory Services Installation
When you install a NetWare Services server on a host, you are required to
type a context (the pathname from the container object to the Root) in which
the NetWare Server object is placed.
If you create a new context, several events happen by default:
• An Organization or Organizational Unit container object is created, depending on
the context you create.
• Bindery services is set for that container object, so that the server you installed in