Supervising the Network

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Setting Up and Managing NetWare Directory Services Objects
Moving Objects in the Directory Tree
Moving Leaf Objects Using NETADMIN
Prerequisites
• A workstation running DOS 3.30 or later and NETADMIN
• The Supervisor right to the object you want to move
• The Create object right to the destination container
Procedure
1 At the DOS prompt, type
NETADMIN <Enter>
For information on moving around in NETADMIN and selecting objects, press
<F1> after starting the utility.
2 From the “NetAdmin Options” menu, select “Manage Objects.”
3 Select the object that you want to move.
• If the object you want to move appears on the list, select it and press <F10>.
• If the object is not on the list, browse the Directory tree by selecting container
objects and pressing <Enter> until you see the object you want. Select it and
press <F10>.
4 From the “Actions” menu, choose “Move.”
5 Using the down-arrow key to reach the field, highlight the “New Context” field.
6 Assign a new context to the object you want to move.
• If you know the new context that you want the object to be in, type the new
context in the highlighted field.
• If you do not know the new context that you want to object to be in, press
<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 <F10>.
The selected object is moved to the destination container.
You may need to wait for processes throughout the Directory tree to complete
before you can move this object again.
Additional Information