Linux and UNIX Driver Implementation Guide

Novell® Identity Manager 3 is a data sharing and synchronization service that enables applications, directories, and databases to share information. It links scattered information and enables you to establish policies that govern automatic updates to designated systems when identity changes occur. Identity Manager provides the foundation for account provisioning, security, user self-service, authentication, authorization, automated workflow, and Web services. It allows you to integrate, manage, and control your distributed identity information so you can securely deliver the right resources to the right people.

The Identity Manager Driver for Linux and UNIX 3.0 synchronizes data between the Identity Vault and a connected Linux or UNIX system.

This guide is organized into the following sections:

Audience

This guide is for system administrators and others who plan, install, configure, and use the Linux and UNIX driver.

This guide assumes that you are familiar with Identity Manager architecture, managing Identity Manager drivers, setting up a connected system, and administering policies. For detailed information about these topics, see the Identity Manager 3.0 Administration Guide and the Policy Builder and Driver Customization Guide. For the most recent version of these guides and other Identity Manager documentation, go to the Identity Manager 3 Documentation Web site.

This guide also assumes that you are familiar with system administration of your connected Linux or UNIX system. For detailed information, see the documentation for your system.

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Documentation Updates

For the most recent version of this guide, visit the Identity Manager Drivers Documentation Web site.

Additional Documentation

For documentation about Identity Manager, see the Identity Manager 3 Documentation Web site.

For documentation about other Identity Manager drivers, see the Identity Manager Drivers Documentation Web site.

For details about using iManager, see the Novell iManager documentation Web site.

For details about RFC 2307, see the Internet RFC/STD/FYI/BCP Archives Web site entry.

For details about developing customized scripts for the ­Identity Manager Driver for Linux and UNIX 3.0, see the Novell Identity Manager Linux and UNIX Driver Developer Kit Web site.

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