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Chapter 4, Managing Users and Groups 83
Creating Users
Creating Users
Use the Users and Groups tab of Enterprise Administration Server to create or
modify user entries. A user entry contains information about an individual
person or object in the database.
This section includes the following topics:
• Guidelines for Creating User Entries
• How to Create a New User Entry
• Directory Server User Entries
Guidelines for Creating User Entries
Consider the following guidelines when using the administrator forms to create
new user entries:
• If you enter a given name (or first name) and a surname, then the form
automatically fills in the user’s full name and user ID for you. The user ID is
generated as the first initial of the user’s first name followed by the user’s
last name. For example, if the user’s name is Billie Holiday, then the user ID
is automatically set to
bholiday
. You can replace this user ID with an ID of
your own choosing if you wish.
• The user ID must be unique. The Enterprise Administration Server ensures
that the user ID is unique by searching the entire directory from the search
base (base DN) down to see if the user ID is in use. Be aware, however,
that if you use the Directory Server
ldapmodify
command line utility (if
available) to create a user, that it does not ensure unique user IDs. If
duplicate user IDs exist in your directory, the affected users will not be able
to authenticate to the directory.
• Note that the base DN specifies the distinguished name where directory
lookups will occur by default, and where all Enterprise Administration
Server’s entries are placed in your directory tree. A “DN” is the string
representation for the name of an entry in a directory server.
• Note that at a minimum, you must specify the following user information
when creating a new user entry: