Using Hyena with Windows 200x Domains

To enable Hyena to use Active Directory functions for some operations, the domain type must be set to Windows Active Directory Domain in Hyena's Object Manager.  

To add a new/additional Windows Active Directory Domain, click on Hyena's first toolbar button (Object Manager), then:

• Select the New button

• Select "Windows Active Directory Domain" from the Object Type combo box

• Enter in a descriptive name and optional comment.  The name does not have to be the actual Active Directory or Netbios domain name.

• Enter in the ADSI Path to the domain, for example: "LDAP://domainname" or "LDAP://domainname.com".  Using a DNS-style name is highly recommended.

• Leave the ADSI Server field blank, or see the Performance section on how to optionally configure this field.

To change an existing domain in Object Manager to a Windows 200x domain, select the domain in the Object Manager, change the Object Type to Windows Active Directory Domain, enter the ADSI Path as outlined above, and then click the Update button.  Use the browse button (...) to help in building the LDAP path for the domain.

When a Windows 200x domain is expanded in Hyena's left tree window, additional sub-objects are displayed, as shown here.

Containers/OUs - Further navigating the Containers/OUs tree will allow exploring the contents of any container or sub-container, as well as other options.  See Using Organizational Units and Filtering for further information.

Domain Controllers/Servers - Expanding this object will list all domain controllers and/or servers in the current domain.  Standard functions available for computer objects are available for each computer.

All Groups/All Users/Global Groups/Local Groups/Universal Groups/Computers - These objects actually are pre-defined Active Directory queries that can be used to manage the users, groups, or computers across the entire Active Directory, regardless of what OUs the individual objects are in.  For information on how to define or modify Active Directory queries, see the AD Queries topic.  To see how to execute any query, see the next topic, Using Active Directory Queries and Views.
 

Note: Existing Windows 200x domains can still be managed and used in Hyena as "Windows NT Domains".  Changing the domain type to "Windows Active Directory Domain" only configures Hyena to use Active Directory and OU functionality on a given domain.