The delegated administrator can use the Active Roles Web Interface for Administrators to perform management tasks on computer resources. Take the following steps to verify the administrator’s rights.
To verify the delegated administrator’s rights
- Log on to your computer with the delegated administrator’s user name and password.
- Connect to the Web Interface for Administrators: Open your Web browser and navigate to http://localhost/ARWebAdmin.
- In the Search box on the header of the Web Interface page, type the name of the OU for which the delegated administrator is assigned the Server Operator role, and then press Enter.
- In the list of search results, click the name of the OU to displays a list of computers held in that OU.
- In the list of computers, click select the check box next to the name of a computer.
- In the right pane of the Web Interface page, click Manage to view a list of resource categories.
- Verify that you can start and stop services on the selected computer:
- In the list of resource categories, click Services to view a list of services installed on the selected computer.
- To start a stopped service, select the check box next to the name of that service, and then click Start in the right pane.
- To stop a started service, select the check box next to the name of that service, and then click Start in the right pane.
- Return to the list of resource categories: In the breadcrumb navigation control above the list of services, click the name of the computer, and then, in the right pane of the Web Interface page, click Manage.
- Verify that you have full control of network shares on the selected computer:
- In the list of resource categories, click Shares to view a list of network file shares defined on the selected computer.
- To create a new share, click New Share in the right pane of the Web Interface page.
- To manage an existing share, select the check box next to the name of that share and use commands in the upper area of the right pane:
- Return to the list of resource categories: In the breadcrumb navigation control above the list of services, click the name of the computer, and then, in the right pane of the Web Interface page, click Manage.
- Verify that you can view or change printer properties as well as pause, resume, and cancel printing of documents on a given printer:
- In the list of resource categories, click Printers to view a list of printers installed on the selected computer.
- In the list of printers, select the check box next to the name of a printer and then click commands in the right pane of the Web Interface page to perform the following tasks:
- Click Properties to view or change the properties of the selected printer.
- Click Pause to suspend printing of all documents on the printer. This will replace Pause with Resume.
- To continue printing, click Resume.
- Click Cancel All Documents to cancel printing of all documents on the printer.
- Click Print Jobs to view a list of documents being printed. You can select a document from the list, and then use command in the right pane to pause, resume, restart, or cancel printing of that document.