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Describe an Administrator User Store

To manage an administrator user directory, the Administrative UI must understand the directory's structure and content. To describe the directory to the Administrative UI, 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 status of a user's account.

• @—Indicates values that the Administrative UI installer populates. Do not modify these values in the directory configuration file. The Administrative UI installer prompts you for this information when you install the Administrative UI. The installer writes the information to the directory configuration file during the installation.

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

• LDAP object classes for the user objects
• List of attributes in user profiles