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SAS® Integration Technologies: Administrator's Guide (LDAP Version)

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Adding Person Entries to the Directory<br />

After you start the directory server, update the schema, and set the access control, the directory is ready to use.<br />

However, you must add person entries to the directory in order to make the directory useful to SAS applications. For<br />

example, when you update access control, access decisions are based on the DN that the person binds to the directory.<br />

SAS software also uses person entries to identify users and to obtain information such as user ID and e−mail address.<br />

Some of the options for user data are object class, directory structure, and DN.<br />

To add person entries to the directory, follow these steps:<br />

1. Select an object class to use for the entries. A common choice is the inetOrgPerson class, which accepts<br />

many useful attributes. If you need to add attributes to your person entries and the attributes are not allowed<br />

by inetOrgPerson, you can create your own object class using inetOrgPerson as a parent class.<br />

2. Enter the person entries in the directory. Follow these guidelines to help your person data work better with<br />

SAS software:<br />

♦ Keep common names unique. Some SAS applications use the common name when associating a<br />

person entry with other entries in the SAS application entries.<br />

♦ Include the user ID and e−mail address in the person entry. Applications need to look up the user ID.<br />

♦ When you load the directory with person entries for the first time, add a default userpassword<br />

attribute. This attribute allows users to bind to this DN when they use the directory.<br />

3. Decide how the person data is laid out in the directory. The two most popular options are as follows:<br />

Flat structure<br />

puts all of the data in one place in the directory. The benefit is that you do not have to move the<br />

entries if users change organizations within the company.<br />

Organizational unit structure<br />

places the entries in a subtree according to the organizational unit within the company. This structure<br />

can resemble the company's organization, which allows you to visualize the relationships between<br />

entries.<br />

4. Decide on the structure of the distinguished names for your person entries. Although your selection of the<br />

attribute for the relative distinguished name is not critical, you must be consistent. Two acceptable choices are<br />

common name and user ID. If you use a flat structure for the person data, then use user ID for the DN,<br />

because common names are duplicated more often than user IDs.<br />

Getting Started<br />

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