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Setting Up and Managing NetWare Directory Services Objects
Managing Groups of User Objects
object’s properties.
• The user template is actually a User object named USER_TEMPLATE. You
enter information in this User object just as you would for any other User object.
However, not all properties of a User object can be copied from a user template.
• You can copy information from the parent container’s user template. For
example, if you create a user template in SALES.O=ACME, you are prompted to
copy the user template from ACME, if one exists; thus, you avoid having to re-
enter similar information for lower-level containers.
• User template information is taken from the nearest parent container. If the
container object in which you create a User object does not have a user template,
you can apply the parent container’s user template to the User object.
When working with user templates, remember the following:
• Changing values in a user template does not change values in existing User
objects. The changes apply only to User objects created after changing the user
template values.
• To update information for existing users, you must enter the changes for each
User object.
• You cannot use a user template to grant NDS or file system rights.
You can use NetWare Administrator or NETADMIN to create a user
template. Both procedures are described in this section.
Additional Information
For more information on Refer to
User defaults
“User template” in Concepts
User objects
“User object” in Concepts
Using NETADMIN
“NETADMIN” in Utilities Reference
Using NetWare
Administrator
“NetWare Administrator” in Utilities
Reference