In order to properly use AWE's Active Directory actions, you should have a basic understanding of Active Directory and related components (e.g., domain controllers, trust relationships, forests, OUs, LDAPs, etc.) Also, to ensure that these actions function appropriately, the target system must be part of a domain.

Property

Type

Required

Default

Markup

Description

Parent Path

Text

Yes

(Empty)

LDAPPATH=

"LDAP://DC=netauto,DC=com"

The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) path of the parent Active Directory container. This is usually the top most container or rootDSE path, the root of the directory data tree on a directory server.

Click Select Container to launch a standard Windows Active Directory dialog box that allows for the selection an Active Directory container.

Name

Text

Yes

(Empty)

GROUP="Group1"

The name of the Active Directory group to be created.

Display Name

Text

Yes

(Empty)

DISPLAYNAME="Developers"

The display name of the Active Directory group to be created.

Description

Text

Yes

(Empty)

DESCRIPTION=

"Automate Developers"

A description of the Active Directory group to be created.

Group Type

Text (Options)

No

Security

GROUPTYPE="Distribution"

The type of Active Directory group to be created. Sending an e-mail message to a group sends the message to all members of the group. The available options are:

• Security - Security groups allow you to manage user and computer access to shared resources. You can also control who receives group policy settings. This simplifies administration by allowing you to set permissions once on multiple computers, then to change the membership of the group as your needs change. The change in group membership automatically takes effect everywhere. You can also use these groups as e-mail distribution lists.

• Distribution - Distribution groups are intended to be used solely as email distribution lists. These lists are for use with email applications such as Microsoft Exchange or Outlook. You can add and remove contacts from the list so that they will or will not receive email sent to the distribution group. You can't use distribution groups to assign permissions on any objects, and you can't use them to filter group policy settings.

Group Scope

Text (Options)

No

Domainlocal

GROUPSCOPE="Global"

The scope of the Active Directory group to be created. Group scopes normally describe which type of users should be clubbed together in a way which is easy for their administration. The available options are:

• Domain Local Group - Use this scope to grant permissions to domain resources that are located in the same domain in which you created the domain local group. Domain local groups can exist in all mixed, native and interim functional level of domains and forests. Domain local group memberships are not limited as you can add members as user accounts, universal and global groups from any domain.

• Global Group - Users with similar function can be grouped under global scope and can be given permission to access a resource (like a printer or shared folder and files) available in local or another domain in same forest. In other words, Global groups can be used to grant permissions to gain access to resources which are located in any domain but in a single forest as their memberships are limited.

• Universal Group Scope: (This option is available only when Distribution is selected in the Group Type parameter). These groups are precisely used for e-mail distribution and can be granted access to resources in all trusted domain as these groups can only be used as a security principal (security group type) in a windows 2000 native or windows server 2003 domain functional level domain.

Property

Type

Required

Default

Markup

Description

Username

Text

No

(Empty)

USERNAME="username"

The username of the Active Directory user.

NOTE: Leave the Username and Password fields blank in order to use the logon user's credentials. If only accessing Active Directory information, then any Domain user is valid. However, a Domain Administrator is required in order to modify an Active Directory user or group. We recommend using the credentials of a Domain Administrator for all Active Directory actions.

Password

Text

No

(Empty)

PASSWORD="password"

The password of the Active Directory user.

NOTE: Leave the Username and Password fields blank in order to use the logon user's credentials. If only accessing Active Directory information, then any Domain user is valid. However, a Domain Administrator is required in order to modify an Active Directory user or group. We recommend using the credentials of a Domain Administrator for all Active Directory actions.