This script action is used to initialize all the attributes and attributes
values that are required to update the directory service item. The exact
attributes and values used vary for each directory service and are determined
by the directory service schema;
Deployment
When a directory service is updated to create a new item or update an
existing item, the operation is always specified by one or more attributes,
the attribute value(s) and the type of attribute value modification: add,
delete or replace.
To support this mechanism, the script action Load
LDAP modification data is used. All attributes, attribute values
and value modification types are specified using this action. The result
is stored in a variable that holds all the attribute information. The
variable is then used in the action to:
The action Load LDAP modification data
does not communicate with the LDAP Server, that is, no session
variable is required.
The LDAP modification data window is used to specify the LDAP modification
data.
Example of specifying
the LDAP modification data.
In the example shown, the data is stored in variable %LdapData%. The
data holds the modification values for 5 attributes: objectClass,
sn, givenName,
homePhone and userPassword.
The names of the attributes are specified using their LDAP names as specified
in the schema of the directory service. The values for each attribute
can be specified using variables. Each attribute can have one or more
values. See LDAP
Directory Services - Setup LDAP modification data
for more info.
