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Testimonial:
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| We started using UMRA in demo mode for the first days before we decided to purchase a license for 40k users, and even in the demo mode, I managed to setup scripts that would allow us to export user information from our student information system to csv and import them into the 3rd party software preformated for each software. Even with the demo, we created scripts reduced our student data imports ... Georges Khairallah Chino Valley Unified School District http://www.chino.k12.ca.us/ | | read more... |
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Specifying LDAP attributes and values of directory service item
In the next script action, the LDAP modification data structure is initialized. The structure must contain all the attributes and values of the new directory service item.

Figure 43: Script action to initialize the LDAP modification data that is used to create an person item in the directory service on Linux using OpenLDAP.
To create an person in the directory service, the following attributes are used:
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objectClass
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Defines the type of the directory service item that must be created. Contains multiple values: inetOrgPerson, organizationalPerson, person. The attribute values are the same for items created.
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cn
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The common name of the person. SAM account name of the new user account. The value is set equal to the variable combination %GivenName% %SurName% that is read from the input file.
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sn
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The surname of the new person. This is a mandatory attribute. The value is set equal to the variable %SurName%.
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telephoneNumber
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An example of an attribute as defined in the schema. The value is set equal to the variable %HomePhone%, copied from the input file.
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givenName
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An example of an attribute that is available though one of the parent object classes: The givenName attribute is defined for object class inetOrgPerson. Since the objectClass values for the new directory service item include the value inetOrgPerson, the attribute exists for the object that is created with this action.
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Table 9: LDAP attributes to create an user account in Active Directory.
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