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Chapter 3 Getting Started with Workgroup Manager 45
 To view onscreen help, use the Help menu. The Help menu gives you access to help
for administration tasks available through Workgroup Manager, as well as other
Mac OS X Server topics.
 To open Server Admin so you can monitor and work with services on a server, click
the Server Admin icon in the Workgroup Manager toolbar.
For information about Server Admin, see Server Administration.
Modifying Workgroup Manager Preferences
You can change Workgroup Manager preferences to customize how records are
displayed and to enable the Inspector, which is an advanced directory domain editor.
Workgroup Manager includes the following preferences.
To set Workgroup Manager preferences:
1 In Workgroup Manager, choose Workgroup Manager > Preferences.
2 Select the preferences you want to change.
3 To reset the warning messages you’ve marked as “Don’t show again,” click “Reset ‘Don’t
show again’ messages.”
4 Click OK.
Preference Description
Resolve DNS names when
possible
(Default: on) Disabling this preference causes Workgroup Manager
to stop resolving DNS names when writing data. If you’re having
DNS issues, disabling this can help mitigate the effect of those DNS
issues (but you should fix those issues).
Show “All Records” tab and
inspector
(Default: off) Enabling this preference enables the Inspector. The
Inspector allows you to see and edit directory data not otherwise
visible in Workgroup Manager. For more information, see Open
Directory Administration.
Limit search results to requested
records
(Default: off) When you don’t enter anything in the search field, by
default, Workgroup Manager lists all user records in the selected
directory domain.
Disabling this preference requires you to enter “*” (without quotes)
to list all records, which can expedite working with large directory
domains in Workgroup Manager (because Workgroup Manager
doesn’t automatically list all records).
List a maximum of # records (Default: off) Enabling this preference limits the maximum number
of search results to a number you specify.
Enabling this preference and setting a reasonable maximum
number can improve Workgroup Manager performance. However,
setting the number too low can cause you to overlook the total
number of matches.