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4. Complete these fields:
Field Action
Selected Non-modifiable field. Displays the name of the selected
directory and the server on which the directory resides.
For: Non-modifiable field. Displays the number of groups
you have selected. This field is blank prior to finalizing
the assignment of a policy.
Users with an existing policy Non-modifiable field. Displays the number of users in
the selected groups who already have policies applied to
them. Prior to finalizing the assignment of the policy, this
field displays ″Unknown.″ After the policy is applied,
this field displays a value.
Policy Choose an explicit policy from the list. If this field
displays ″None Available,″ you have not created any
explicit policies that can be applied to a group.
Allow replacement of policies Click this check box to allow policies that have already
been applied to users in the selected groups to be
replaced by the policy you are now assigning.
View Policy Synopsis Click this check box only if you also assigning an
organizational policy to the selected groups. A policy
synopsis is composed of an explicit policy and an
organizational policy. The synopsis shows the net effect
of the two policies.
When you click this check box, the Choose
Organizational Policy dialog box opens. Choose the
Organizational policy that applies and click OK. The
Policy Synopsis document appears.
Perform updates in background Click this check box to update in the background, the
group settings according to what is specified in the
policies. Performing all updates in the background
allows you continue using the Domino Administrator
client while updates are being performed. Updates are
done directly to the Domino Directory without using the
Administration Process.
5. Click OK.
Editing a group
Use this procedure to edit any of the group attributes that are listed on the Group document in the
Domino Directory. You can modify the group name, group type, description, group membership, group
owner, administrator, and specify whether foreign directory synchronization is allowed. Foreign directory
synchronization allows synchronization between a post office directory, such as the cc:Mail post office
directory or a Microsoft Exchange Address Book, and the Domino Directory.
With group renaming, there isn’t any tolerance for simultaneous occurrences of the new and old names
while the name change makes its way across databases in the domain. For example, if a group name
changes in the Domino Directory before it has a chance to change in a database ACL, the old group name
in the database ACL is invalid. (This limitation doesn’t occur with user and server renaming.) As a
workaround, you can initiate the group rename action during non-peak work hours -- for example,
during the weekend -- or you can immediately process the requests, rather than waiting for the changes
to occur according to Administration Process schedules.
To edit a group:
1. To edit a group, you must have:
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