Ldap entries

I am a bit confused about ldap.
Is the schema the structure that I populate my data to?
I also read that you can store information in three ways:
1. Store the java objects themselves
2. Store a reference to the object
3. Store information as attributes
I am just trying to load data to active directory or populate the directory with data. what is the best or simplest method to do this?

I've been playing with the Oracle version OID, which may not be completely typical but, so far, the only objects in the system are stored as Contexts, including leaf elements like users and the actual data (passwords, e-mail addresses etc.) is store as attributes attached to the lead Contents.
Group elements contain an attribute which has an entry for each user, consisting of their full path.
I suppose if more specialised objects were used it wouldn't help with accesing the directory from outside of Java.
Each node is named something like "cn=Joe Blogs" and the paths are presented in local-first order, separated by commas.

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Thanks
--das
763-593-7167

Hi Wilpred,
As you will have the userID attribute you can do a search on the entryDN attribute (SUN ONE DIRECTORY SERVER - which we have used).
This attribute is formed using the user Id and not the CN.
Once you get the entryDN value of the USer entry then you can manipulate any of the values.
I am not quite sure about any such attribute existing in Active Directory, but you can find that out. For youir convienience a sample user entry for entryDN is:
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Hi,
I am trying to integrate ETPM with LDAP (Microsoft AD). I have successfully connected Weblogic and can see the AD users there; I followed the instructions in the "Oracle Utilities Application Framework Administartion User's Guide" on how to integrate with LDAP:
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Would have liked to post an update in my other post, but that one is locked. I found so many problems with the LDAP integration but eventually managed. If anyone runs into similar issues, here is what you need to check:
1) AD admin user password - is limited to 8 characters (nowhere mentioned in the docs!!!)
2) Be careful using cases; do NOT rely on the documentation, it is wrong! here is a sample ldapdef.xml (I highlighted the changes you need to make in comparison to the documentation):
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<LDAPEntry name="User" baseDN="CN=Users,DC=yourdomain,DC=com" cdxEntity="User" searchFilter="(&(objectClass=user)(name=%searchParm%))">
<LDAPCDXAttrMappings>
<LDAPCDXAttrMapping ldapAttr="name" cdxName="*user*" />
<LDAPCDXAttrMapping cdxName="LanguageCode" default="ENG" />
<LDAPCDXAttrMapping cdxName="FirstName" default="fn1" />
<LDAPCDXAttrMapping cdxName="LastName" default="fn2" />
<LDAPCDXAttrMapping cdxName="DisplayProfileCode" default="NORTHAM" />
<LDAPCDXAttrMapping cdxName="ToDoEntries" default="1" />
<LDAPCDXAttrMapping cdxName="TD_ENTRY_AGE_DAYS2" default="12" />
</LDAPCDXAttrMappings>
<LDAPEntryLinks>
<LDAPEntryLink linkedToLDAPEntity="Group" linkingLDAPAttr="memberOf" />
</LDAPEntryLinks>
</LDAPEntry>
<LDAPEntry name="Group" baseDN="OU=Groups,OU=yourgroup,DC=yourdomain,DC=com" cdxEntity="*Group*" searchFilter="(&(objectClass=group)(name=%searchParm%))">
<LDAPCDXAttrMappings>
<LDAPCDXAttrMapping ldapAttr="name" cdxName="*group*" />
<LDAPCDXAttrMapping ldapAttr="description" cdxName="Description" default="Unknown" />
</LDAPCDXAttrMappings>
<LDAPEntryLinks>
<LDAPEntryLink linkedToLDAPEntity="User" linkingSearchFilter="(&(objectClass=user)(memberOf=%distinguishedName%))" linkingSearchScope="onelevel" />
</LDAPEntryLinks>
</LDAPEntry>
</LDAPEntries>
Oracle OUAF, update your documentation, please.
Regards,
Seb

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Does this thread help http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1711038&tstart=15
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Attributes attribs = initLdapCtx.getAttributes(fullName, new String[]{"+"});
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Hello,
newbie here testing how JNDI interacts with a Novell NDS eDirectory LDAP server...
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I've included the source code to show how it's working...
************ Start of Source code
import java.util.Hashtable;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import javax.naming.*;
import javax.naming.directory.*;
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************ End of Source code
************ Start of Results
2
objectClass: person, ndsLoginProperties, top
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If you use SearchControls you can specify the attributes you get back. Maybe you should try explicitly returning the cn to see if the entries are being searched correctly.
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ctls.setReturningAttributes(attrs);Then pass the controls when you search:
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I have an entry in an LDAP tree with the dn
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This entry has some child entries. Now I want to rename
this entry from ou=Customer to ou=Customer_1 and the children
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Hello Matt,
I found an example to do this thing without the move command.
It is a recursive function. The function do the following:
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function with old and new URL of all subentries.
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not use this.
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Hello everyone,
I've spent a few days looking for a solution to this problem with no luck.
I have a PLSQL database package that generates an organisation chart of users. It works fine but I am struggling to retrieve the users photo.
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Direcory Server: 5.2
I am looking for the file where cn=schema entry value isstored. I would like to change one of the attribute values. Console edit gives protocol error.
Help is apprecitated,
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I am currently working on a schema for holding user account information
in LDAP. We are storing user SSN information as part of the custom
schema that we have created and need help hiding that data from people
who may be browsing the directory, either using the console or other
means. The end result we are trying to achieve is the same as the way
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elsewhere. If anyone has any information on how to do this it would be
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Thanks
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[email protected]
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the Beta version of iPlanet 5.0 (supposed to be fixed in the release
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Internet.
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in LDAP. We are storing user SSN information as part of the custom
schema that we have created and need help hiding that data from people
who may be browsing the directory, either using the console or other
means. The end result we are trying to achieve is the same as the way
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[email protected]
Dewpoint Inc.

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Can JAZN-LDAP deal with user entries in LDAP that are not all under a single context? For example, suppose I have LDAP entries like
cn=foo,cn=Users,o=abc.com
cn=bar,cn=Users,o=abc.com
cn=baz,ou=unit,cn=Users,o=abc.com
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cn=foo,cn=Users,o=abc.com
cn=bar,cn=Users,o=abc.com
cn=baz,ou=unit,cn=Users,o=abc.com
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I'm working on a project and I would like to implement JMQ as the messageing
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LDAP database so I can use jmqobjmgr to add a connection factory and a topic
to the LDAP directory. The JMQ Admin guide gives the jmqobjmgr commands but I
could use a little guidance in setting up my LDAP database.

We didn't really cover the directory server setup because it varies so
much from directory server to directory server. In the future it is likely
we will provide an FAQ about how to setup LDAP relative to the iPlanet
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In order to store administered objects in an LDAP server, one needs to understand some basics of the LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol) as well as the object store setup in general.
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name must begin with "cn=". The following are valid lookup names for an LDAP object store.
cn=myTopic
cn=queue
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the cn attribute should be set. This is because every administered object inherits a javacontainer object class and the cn is a mandatory
attribute for the javacontainer object class.
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name begin with "cn=" therefore eliminating
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when "cn=" was not a part of the lookup name.
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java.naming.provider.url
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If the LDAP server is secured, one will also need to set additional JNDI attributes. Such common attributes are:
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java.naming.security.principal
java.naming.security.credentials
Authentication refers to a string specifying the type of authentication to use;
one of "none", "simple", "strong", or a provider-specific string.
Principal refers to a string that specifies the identity of the entity
performing the authentication.
Credentials refers to an object specifying the credentials of the entity
performing the authentication.
Some examples of these attributes may look like:
java.naming.security.authentication=simple
java.naming.security.principal=uid=fooUser, ou=People, o=JMQ
java.naming.security.credentials=fooPasswd
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Ok, and again:
You want to see Users and Groups , which are stored in an third Party directory service like OpenLDAP, in your Server.app? This is what you have to do:
Connect the third party ldap to your server
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Feel lucky
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