Synchronizing a group with directory server

You might want to re-synchronize your group with the directory server periodically to keep your group up to date.

Note

If you have Windows XP and 2003 32-bit devices in your environment ensure that you have correctly configured the server certificate verification, that is, the server certificate is included with the trusted certificates of the clients. If the server certificate cannot be verified by the client all communication between server and client will not be encrypted.

For more information about certificates and how to configure and install them see the Client Management and SSL topic of the Reference section.

Synchronizing the user rights is not possible.

Related topics

Assigning-directory-server-to-a-group

Unassigning-directory-server-from-a-group

Scheduling-synchronizations-with-directory-server

To schedule a synchronziation and thus synchronize a group with a directory server, proceed as follows:  

  1. Select in the left window pane either:
    • Device Groups,
    • User Groups, or
    • Global Settings > Administrator Groups
  2. Select the desired group in the left window pane.
  3. Select the subnode Dynamic Population in the left window pane.
  4. Select the subnode Directory Server in the left window pane.
  5. Select Edit > Synchronize sync.png.
     A Confirmation window appears.
  6. Click Yes to confirm the synchronization.
     The synchronization is started directly. The connection with the directory server is established and all members of the selected entry are added to or removed from your current group. The Directory Server Synchronization window appears listing all objects that were added or removed with their status which in this case will either be New Object or Error.
  7. Click OK to close the window.

The selected group has now been re-synchronized with the directory server.

 

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