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 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.
5. ADSI Edit appears in the Add/Remove Snap-In dialog box. Click OK.
6. In the Microsoft Management Console, click ADSI Edit and select Connect to... from the Action menu.
7. In the Connection dialog box, check Naming Context, and select Domain NC from the drop-down list at the right. Then click OK..
8. Domain NC appears on the right pane. Double-click it to expand the list.
9. To change group attributes:
  Click the container of the group for which you want to set POSIX attributes.
  Click the group and select Properties from the Action menu.
10. To create an object (rpc, services, and so on):
  Click the container of the object you want to create, click the Action menu, choose New and click on Object.
  Select the Object Class ( msSFUIpNetwork, msSFUIpProtocol, msSFUIpService, or msSFUOncRpc), and provide the mandatory attribute values and object will be created.
  Click the created object, and select Properties from the Action menu to set the RFC 2307 attributes.
11. In the Select Which Properties to View dialog box, select Optional from the drop-down list on the right.
12. In the Select Which Properties to View dialog box, select the POSIX attribute for which you want to set values.
13. After you finish all values settings, click OK.

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