HP-UX Directory Server 8.1 console guide

Figure 1-4 Main Console menus
Table 1-1 Console menus
DescriptionMenu
Manages the Console session, such as closing the window or exiting the session entirely.
• For the main window, this menu also can be used to add and remove admin domain.
• For the Directory Server Console, this allows people to log in as a different user.
• For the Administration Server Console, it manages security issues, such as certificates and tokens.
Console
Sets display preferences, for all three Consoles. For the Directory Server Console, this also provides
ways to copy, paste, and delete directory entries or text.
Edit
Sets whether to display certain parts of the Console window, such as the top banner, menus, and
side navigation panes. This also refreshes the current display. For the Directory Server Console, this
menu also sets what parts of the directory or which databases to view.
View
Provides available operations for the active object; this is the same as the right-click menu for the
active area or entry.
• For the main window, this menu simply opens or deletes a server instance.
• For the Directory Server Console, this provides all the configuration options for the directory
entries, such as advanced property editors or creating new entries.
• For the Administration Server Console, this opens a configuration editor, starts, and stops the
server.
Object
Opens context-specific help for the current Console area.Help
1.3 Console tabs
There are two tabs in the main Console window:
• Servers and Applications, for managing the Directory Server and Administration Server
instances
• Users and Groups, for searching for and creating user and group entries within the Directory
Server
1.3.1 The Servers and Applications tab
The Servers and Applications tab, by default, has a navigation tree on the left for viewing hosts
and Directory and Administration Servers and a center information panel. To access the Directory
Server instance, directory information, or Administration Server, open the server resource listed
in the navigation tree. The information for the server instance, such as the build number and
port number,
The navigation tree displays the HP-UX Directory Server topology, that is, a hierarchical
representation of all the resources (such as servers and hosts), that are registered in a configuration
directory.
8 Overview of the console