Nortel 5100 User Manual page 92

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NN42020-105 MCS 5100 Release 4.0 Standard 01.06 November 2007
The following items are known as attributes: uid (user id), ou (organizational
unit) and o (organization). The following figure shows an example of an
LDAP basic structure: directory information. The Distinguished Name (DN)
is similar to a file-system path in that it defines the directory-information tree.
However, unlike a file-system path that is read left to right, the DN is read
from right to left.
Because the RDN must be unique for each user in each domain, any user who
was previously added and then moved to a subdomain is still treated as an
existing user. For example, if a user exists in a subdomain, the next
synchronization operation does not add that user as a new user in the top-level
domain again.
All new users are created in the top-level domain in the Provisioning Client.
The top-level entry is the root entry, and each entry contains a DN along with
attribute and value pairs. The DN must be unique for a given entry. The
following figure is an example of an LDAP basic structure.
Deletion of existing subscribers. The LDAP feature does not delete users
from the MCS system even if they are deleted from the LDAP version 3
server. The administrator must manually delete users from the MCS system.
The status of these users is configured to INACTIVE. If a user that is deleted
is subsequently added to the LDAP server again, then the status remains
INACTIVE.
Modification of existing subscribers. If an attribute on the LDAP version 3
server is changed, such as update of a .jpeg photo or number change, then this
change is automatically passed to the MCS system during the next
synchronization.