Enroll iSeries users on NetWare

You can automatically create NetWare user objects by enrolling iSeries users on one or more NDS trees. This means that certain iSeries profile information automatically propagates to NetWare. Before you begin enrolling iSeries users on NetWare, read about User enrollment.

If you plan to enroll most of your iSeries users on the same set of NDS trees, you can simplify enrollment by first defining a default list of those servers and trees. (See the configuration topic on defining network server attributes.) If you did not set your iSeries to store passwords, see also Enroll users when iSeries does not store passwords.

To enroll iSeries users on NetWare, you need to specify the NDS trees on which you want to enroll them. You do this by using the Change Network Server User Attributes (CHGNWSUSRA) command.

  1. On the iSeries command line, type CHGNWSUSRA and press F4 to see the Change NWS User Attributes (CHGNWSUSRA) display.
  2. In the User profile field, specify the name of the user or group.
  3. When you enroll group profiles, specify the Profile type as *GROUP. You can also specify Propagate group members (PRPGRPMBR) as *ALL if you want to enroll all the group members. The default of *NONE specifies that group members are not to be enrolled.
  4. You can use the NDS tree and NDS context fields to set the default location for the current job.
  5. Page down to specify the NDS tree list to which you want to enroll users.
  6. In the NDS tree list field, specify a list of NDS trees OR *NWSA (to refer to a default list that you defined as a network server attribute). Use this information to fill in the NDS tree list fields:
    NDS tree parameter
    The NDS tree in which the iSeries™ group or user is to be enrolled.
    User object context
    The location in the NDS tree where the NDS group or user object is to be created during enrollment.
    Default server
    The default server in the NDS tree that is to be used to enroll the iSeries profiles. You can improve performance by specifying a server rather than using the default *ANY. If the specified server is not active when iSeries attempts to connect to NetWare, iSeries searches the NDS tree for other active servers.
    Profile object
    The distinguished name of the default NDS profile object that contains the login script that the NetWare object is to use when logging into the network.
    Examples: Specify an NDS tree list shows examples of enrolling either a group profile or a user profile in an NDS tree.