Using the Browser

The browser is the initial screen that appears when you open NetWare Administrator. All basic administrative functions are initiated here.

The browser is where you work with NetWare Directory Service™ (NDS) objects, with files, and with directories.

Parts of the Browser

The browser displays the NDS™ objects in your current context. You select objects in order to perform administrative tasks for the network.

You can open as many as nine browser windows to display the contents of individual containers. The following figure shows three tiled browser windows.

To open another browser window, select a container, go to the "Tools" menu, then select the "Browser" option.

Figure 2-1 Browser Window with Multiple Tiles

Browser Context

The title bar displays the browser context, which is the name of the container object that the browser window starts browsing from.

To view multiple browser windows at the same time, open the windows, then select "Tile" from the "Window" menu.

How Objects Appear

The browser displays the following when you expand a container object to view its contents:

The container that holds the object
An icon representing the class of the object
The name of the object
The object's hierarchical location in relation to other objects in the Directory tree

For example, this is how a printer object named COLOR PRINTER would appear when it is created in an Organizational Unit called GRAPHICS DEPARTMENT:

Figure 2-2 Title not available (How Objects Appear )

Using the Browser

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Parts of the Browser

Browser Context

How Objects Appear