Refreshing user and group lists, Finding specific users and groups in a list, Sorting user and group lists – Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) User Manual

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Users and Groups

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To list accounts in directory domains accessible from a server:

1

In Workgroup Manager, log in to a server from which the directory domains of interest
are visible.

2

Select Other in the At pop-up menu.

3

In the dialog box that appears, select the domain(s), then click OK.

User accounts residing in selected directory domains are listed in the user tab, and group
accounts are listed in the group tab.

4

To work with a particular account, select it. To change a NetInfo or LDAPv3 account, which
requires that you have server or domain administrator privileges, click the lock to
authenticate.

Refreshing User and Group Lists

To refresh the list of user and group accounts currently displayed in Workgroup Manager,
you can

m type in the field above the list

m choose another item in the At pop-up menu, then reselect the domain(s) you had been

working with

User and group lists are automatically refreshed at the rate specified in the Workgroup
Manager preferences. Choose the Preferences command on the Workgroup Manager menu
to display the current setting for automatic refresh and optionally change it.

Finding Specific Users and Groups in a List

After you have displayed a list of users or groups in Workgroup Manager, you can filter the list
to find particular users or groups of interest.

To filter items in the list of accounts:

1

After listing accounts, select the user or group tab.

2

In the pop-up menu above the account list, select an option to describe what you want to
find. When you enter a name option, both full and short names of users or groups are
searched. The original list is replaced by items that satisfy your search criteria.

Sorting User and Group Lists

After displaying a list of accounts in Workgroup Manager, click a column heading to sort
entries using the values in that column. Click the heading again to reverse the order of the
entries in the list.

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