I am trying to sort out a couple of things in my mind, so please forgive the plebian topic. Some of the articles I saw online concerning using FDS for authentication states to use the 'Users and Groups' tab from the management console. However, when I try to create a user, group, or OU, it ends up being forced into the NetscapeRoot branch instead of the directory. I see no way offhand on how to change this. Re-reading the manuals several times for making entries suggests that tab is not to be used for "normal" user/group/OU entries for authentication and/or user information queries. Instead, I should have opened the directory server itself from the Management Console, clicked on the Directory tab, expanded the appropriate branch, selected the appropriate OU, and added a user there instead. Am I correct? Is there actually a way to change the target from the 'Users and Groups' tab within the Management Console so that I can use that tab instead to make quick additions or changes? Thank you, Tom