69.5 Assigning Rights to the Remote Operator

You can use the Manage Remote Operators wizard to set up the required rights for a management console user or a set of users to manage a workstation. Alternatively, you can use the Remote Operators tab in the properties of a workstation to add a user as a remote operator while providing the appropriate Remote Management rights.

69.5.1 Assigning Rights Using the Remote Operator Wizard

The Remote Operator Wizard is a utility that runs on the NDS® namespace.

To assign the required rights using the Remote Operator Wizard:

  1. In ConsoleOne, select an eDirectory tree in the NDS namespace.

  2. Click Tools, then click Manage Remote Operator.

  3. Click Add to browse and select the container or the workstation you want to manage from the list of containers and workstations.

    If you want to remove any of the container or the workstation, select the container or the workstation, then click Remove.

  4. Select the check box to inherit the properties for the workstations that you want to import into the container.

    If you choose to select the check box, the properties are also inherited to workstations that you add later to the container.

  5. Click Next.

  6. In the Remote Management Operations list, you must assign at least one Rights option. By default all the operations are indicated by Remote Operator Wizard Change Rights icon.

    To assign Remote Management operation rights, click the button until the symbol is Remote Operator Wizard Maintain Current Rights icon.

    To remove Remote Management operation rights, click the button until the symbol is Remote Operator Wizard Remove Rights Icon.

  7. Click Next.

  8. Click Add to browse and select the container or the user to whom you want to assign the rights.

    To disassociate a container or a user, select the container or the user, then click Remove.

  9. Click Next.

    A summary of the selected container or workstation, remote management rights that are assigned or removed, and names of the affected remote operators is displayed.

  10. Click Finish.

69.5.2 Assigning Rights Using the Remote Operators Tab

  1. In ConsoleOne, right-click the workstation object.

  2. Click Properties > the Remote Operators tab > Add.

  3. In the Select Objects dialog box, do the following:

    1. Select an object type from the Object Type drop-down list.

    2. To list the contents of a higher container, select the container from the Look in drop-down list.

    3. Select an object, then click OK.

  4. Click Apply, then click OK.

    NOTE:To remove an object from the list of remote operators, select the object, then click Remove.