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User, Group and Organization Managed Object Descriptions

In CA Identity Manager, you manage the following types of objects that correspond to entries in a user directory:

• Users

  Represent users in an enterprise. A user belongs to a single organization.

• Groups

  Represent associations of users who have something in common.

• Organizations

  Represent business units. Organizations may contain users, groups, and other organizations.

An object description contains the following information:

• Information about the object, such as the LDAP object class and the container in which objects are stored.
• The attributes that store information about an entry. For example, the pager attribute stores a pager number.

Note: An Identity Manager environment supports only one type of user, group and organization object. For example, all user objects have the same object class.