Started booklet provides a brief overview of iPlanet TM Delegated Administrator 4.5. For those who will install, deploy, and manage iPlanet Delegated Administrator, you will need to read the Deployment and Customization Guide for complete instructions. To receive explanations on how to work with a specific window when you are using iPlanet Delegated Administrator, click the Help button in that window. ISPs and ASPs can delegate the administration of users to the companies they are hosting. Enterprise extranets can delegate administration of customer information and accounts in both the B2B and B2C marketplace.
Corporate intranets can also delegate the administration of employee user information.
Top- level Administrators have unrestricted access to data for all users in the entire organization. Organization Administrators can create groups and delegate user management to Help Desk Administrators and Group Administrators. End users can make some changes to their own information in the directory. An administrator's role determines the scope of changes he or she can make. You can add additional administrative roles, remove the existing administrative roles, and change the permissions for an administrative role by customizing iPlanet Delegated Administrator.