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How to Describe a User Directory to CA Identity Manager

To manage a directory, CA Identity Manager must understand the structure and content of a directory. To describe the directory to CA Identity Manager, modify the directory configuration file (directory.xml) in the appropriate template directory.

The directory configuration file has the following important conventions:

• ##—Indicates required values.

  To provide all the required information, locate all double pound signs (##) and replace them with appropriate values. For example, ##DISABLED_STATE indicates that you must supply an attribute to store the account status of a user.

• @—Indicates values that CA Identity Manager populates. Do not modify these values in the directory configuration file. CA Identity Manager prompts you to supply the values when you import the directory configuration file.

Before you modify the directory configuration file, you need the following information:

• LDAP object classes for the user, group, and organization objects
• List of attributes in user, group, and organization profiles

More information:

Directory Configuration File