This section discusses driver configuration details specific to the Scripting driver. For basic configuration information, see “Managing Identity Manager Drivers” in the Identity Manager 3.6.1 Administration Guide. For detailed information about configuring the Scripting driver, see Section 4.0, Configuring the Scripting Driver.
Topics in this section include
Filters and policies control the data flow of identities to and from the connected system and the Identity Vault. The Data Flow option, specified during driver import, determines how these filters and policies behave.
Bidirectional: Sets classes and attributes to be synchronized on both the Subscriber and Publisher channels.
Application to Identity Vault: Sets classes and attributes to be synchronized on the Publisher channel only.
Identity Vault to Application: Sets classes and attributes to be synchronized on the Subscriber channel only.
The Metadirectory engine uses policies to control the flow of information into and out of the Identity Vault. Policies can be customized to support desired operations. The following table describes the policy functions for the Scripting driver in the default configuration:
Table 1-1 Default Linux and UNIX Driver Policy Functions