D.3.4 Populating an Enterprise Directory with Active Directory Server

D.3.4.1 Notes

None.

D.3.4.2 Requirements

• A running Active Directory Server on Windows 2003
• You should be familiar with A Recipe for Configuring and Operating LDAP Directories.

D.3.4.3 Components

• Directory Server
  • This is the actual LDAP directory server.

D.3.4.4 Legend

Because of the differences in individual needs, certain parameters of the installed Active Directory Server may be quite different from the typical install. It is for this purpose that the following legend was created.

Parameter	Value	Example
The fully qualified domain name of the server on which Active Directory is running	<ldap_host>	enterprise.uab.edu
The base DN for the Active Directory Server	<ldap_base>	DC=enterprise,DC=uab,DC=edu
The fully qualified path to the LDIF file that you are creating	<ldif_file>	c:\temp\enterprise.ldif
The fully qualified path to a temporary directory in Windows	<temp_dir>	C:\temp

D.3.4.5 Instructions

(1) Click on the Start button.

(2) Navigate to Adminstrative Tools and click on Active Directory Users and Computers.

(3) Right-click on your base DN, <ldap_base>.

(4) Navigate to New and click on Organizational Unit.

(5) Type 'people' in the Name textbox and click OK.

(6) Create and open a file with a text editor in your temporary directory, <temp_dir>.

(7) Create the people entries by appending to the file.

# Julie's Person Entry

#

dn: cn=julie,ou=people,DC=X

changetype: add

objectClass: top

objectClass: person

objectClass: organizationalPerson

objectClass: inetOrgPerson

objectClass: eduperson

objectClass: commURIObject

cn: julie

commURI: ldap://h350.uab.edu/dc=h350,dc=uab,dc=edu??sub?(communiqueid=0)My Endpoint

(8) Add the entries to the LDAP server.

ldifde -i -c DC=X <ldap_base> -f <ldif_file>