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Creating Novell eDirectory alias accounts

Bravura Identity can create an NDS alias account when creating a new user. Aliases are used, for example, so that users don’t have to know what context they belong to when they log in.

Bravura Identity creates alias-type objects using two pseudo-attributes:

_aliasfirstpart The alias login name. If this attribute is not set, the login ID of the created account is used as the alias login name.

_aliascontainter The container context of the alias account.

For example, if a template account is

CN=sample.OU=People.0=Mercury

then _aliascontainer is set to

OU=Accounting.O=Mercury,

and:

  • _aliasfirstpart is alias4 and the requested profile ID is name1, then Bravura Identity creates:

    • User: CN=name1.OU=People,O=Mercury

    • Alias: CN=alias4.OU=Accounting,O=Mercury

  • _aliasfirstpart is not set and the requested profile ID is name1, then Bravura Identity creates:

    • User: CN=name1.OU=People,O=Mercury

    • Alias: CN=name1.OU=Move Users,O=Mercury

You must map profile attributes to set these pseudo-attributes. This is done in a similar way to the procedure described in Allowing users to specify the container DN.

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