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Because the PIN Generator makes a lot of changes to your directory, it is important
that you specify the correct filter; otherwise, you may change the wrong entries. As
a safeguard, a
directory after you verify the output; the tool doesn't make any changes to the
directory until you specify the
The output also contains the status of each entry in the directory. It can be one of
the values specified in Table 5-2.
Table 5-2
PIN Generator status
Exit code
notwritten
writefailed
added
replaced
notreplaced
If a PIN already exists for a user, it will by default not be changed if you run the
setpin
users without overwriting PINs for users who have previously been notified of
their PINs. If you want to overwrite a PIN, you should use the
Once you are sure that the filter is matching the right users, you should run the
setpin
the file to capture the unhoused PINs. This output file is in the same format as the
input file. For details about the output file, see "Output File" on page 53.
Input File
The PIN Generator can receive a list of DNs to modify in a text file specified by the
input=<file_name>
DNs it filtered from the LDAP directory with the ones in the input file, and updates
only those DNs that matched the ones in the input file.
option is provided that you use to enable writing to the
write
Description
Specifies that the PINs were not written to the directory, because the write
option was not specified on the command line.
Specifies that the tool made an attempt to modify the directory, but the write
operation was unsuccessful.
Specifies that the tool added the new PIN to directory successfully.
Specifies that the tool replaced an old PIN with a new one (the clobber option
was specified).
Specifies that the tool did not replace the old PIN with a new one (the clobber
option was not specified).
command a second time. This is so that you can generate PINs for new
command again with the
argument. If you specify an input file, the tool compares the
option on the command line.
write
option, and with
write
How the Tool Works
option.
clobber
set to the name of
output
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