LDAP-UX Client Services B.04.00 with Microsoft Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory Administrator's Guide

Administering LDAP-UX Client Services

Adding Users, Groups, and Hosts

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Adding Users, Groups, and Hosts

Select one of the following methods to add data to ADS.

• You can create user, group, and other service objects by using the

object classes and attributes speciﬁed by RFC 2307. In this situation

you must import an ldif ﬁle with all RFC 2307 object classes and

attributes speciﬁed.

• Alternatively, you can add users, groups, and hosts using the

Windows 2000 or 2003 Active Directory Users and Computers

administrative tool. If using Active Directory Users and Computers,

perform the following to set POSIX attributes:

1. Start Active Directory Users and Computers.

2. Click the users (or computers) you want to set for POSIX

attributes.

3. Select Properties from the Action menu.

4. Click the Unix Attributes tab.

5. In the NIS Domain box, select a NIS domain from the list.

Server for NIS creates a default NIS domain based on your

Active Directory domain name.

6. For users, ﬁll in the UID, Login Shell, Home Directory, and

Primary group name/GID ﬁelds. Click OK.

For hosts, ﬁll in the IP Address and the Alias Name. Click OK.

Add networks, protocols, services, rpc objects, or set POSIX attribute

memberUID for groups using the ADSI edit snap-in tool. These object

classes and attributes cannot be populated from the Active Directory

Users and Computers tool.

1. On your domain controller, click Start, then Run. In the Open

dialog box, enter mmc, then click OK.

2. Click the Microsoft Management Console menu, then select

Add/Remove Snap-In.

3. In the Add/Remove Snap-In dialog box, click Add.

4. In the Add Standalone Snap-In dialog box, select ADSI Edit,

then click Add and then Close.