Create a Context for Your Users and Groups

All NNLS products require that you create User objects to represent the users on your system. The Linux User Management and Samba components also require that you create a Group object that you can assign the users to.

If you reviewed An Introduction to eDirectory Planning, you might have noticed an Organizational Unit object in Figure 2 and Figure 3 named Users. It is usually helpful to have at least one Organization Unit object to contain user-related objects, such as User objects and Group objects.

Create an Organizational Unit container object named Users in the lab Organizational Unit object by completing the following steps:

1. Log in to iManager as Admin.

2. Click the View Objects icon .

3. In the left pane, click the Down-arrow next to the acme Organization object .

4. Click lab, then select Create Object from the drop-down list.

5. From the Available Object Classes list, select Organizational Unit and then click OK.

6. In the Organizational Unit name field, type Users.

7. Click OK.

Do not close iManager. Continue with the next section, Create a Group Object for Linux User Management (LUM).