Directory Mate 2003 Help |
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Directory Mate was designed for the purpose of quickly creating, deleting, moving and modifying Active Directory Objects and their attributes. Although Directory Mate can not modify all objects and their attributes, Directory Mate can assist in creating, modifying and deleting users, contacts, groups and computers.
Each directory object has a list of properties or attributes. These attributes define the object and its location within the directory. To change an objects attributes, the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC can be used for minor changes. However if you require changes to a large number of objects or a large number of attributes for a particular object, then using Directory Mate to import these changes is ideal. In addition to importing changes into the directory, exporting object attributes is also very beneficial to provide valuable directory information to other groups or departments requiring specific information from the directory.
Directory Mate uses LDAP attribute names when importing or exporting objects. In order to help you find the attributes you require, Directory Mate shows you the display name and the LDAP name of attributes in your Active Directory. By default, common attribute names that are used for User objects are displayed.
A full list of attributes for User object along with information about them can be found at the following location:
The attributes that we find cause the most confusion are the following:
Objects With Comma Values or Percent Signs in Their Directory Name
Objects that have a comma in their directory name (Example: "Smith, Susan") need to have the characters "\," used in place of the comma. Similarly, objects that have a percent sign in their directory name (Example: "Group%Two") need to have the characters "\%" used in place of the percent sign.
When Directory Mate exports these types of objects, the substitution will already be made. Examples: "CN=Smith\, Susan,CN=Users,DC=MADSolutions,DC=com", "CN=Group\%Two,CN=Users,DC=MADSolutions,DC=com".
When creating or modifying an object and you are using the distinguishedName column to identify an object with a comma in the object's directory name, you will need to make sure that the substitution has been made first. Example: "CN=Smith\, Susan,CN=Users,DC=MADSolutions,DC=com". The following value will not import and will generate an error: "CN=Smith, Susan,CN=Users,DC=MADSolutions,DC=com".
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