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User Directory Dialog—LDAP Namespace—User Attributes Tab

Some SiteMinder features require read or read/write access to directory attributes. This information must be stored in a user directory to which SiteMinder has access. As you configure user directory connections, you must provide the names of certain user profile attributes in the directories. You specify attributes in the User Attributes tab of the User Directory Dialog.

The attributes you specify must have specific data types. Password Attribute and Password Data require binary attributes, and all others require string attributes.

The attributes in the preceding figure are sample attributes. The attributes that you select for these fields may differ based on your directory type, schema, or preferences.

The attribute(s) you specify must:

• Exist in your user directory
• Be the correct type (string, binary)
• Not be used to store other types of data (only for read/write attributes)

The following attributes may be configured for LDAP directories:

Universal ID field

LDAP directory attribute SiteMinder uses as the Universal ID—for example, uid.

Disabled Flag field

LDAP directory attribute that SiteMinder uses to track disabled users—for example, carLicense.

The Disabled Flag attribute must have the type string.

Password Attribute field

LDAP directory attribute that SiteMinder uses to authenticate a user’s password—for example, userPassword.

The attribute name you enter in this field must correspond to the location in the LDAP directory that contains user passwords. The attribute you choose must be of the type binary.

Password Data field

LDAP directory attribute that SiteMinder uses for Password Services data, such as old passwords—for example, displayName.

The attribute you choose must be of the type binary.

Anonymous ID field

LDAP directory attribute that contains the user’s anonymous ID—for example, audio.

Email field

This attribute is not currently used by a SiteMinder feature.

Challenge/Response field

LDAP directory attribute containing a response that SiteMinder can send back to a user—for example, jpegphoto.

More information:

Universal IDs

Anonymous Authentication Schemes