You can apply the Policy Object without closing its Properties dialog box. Go to the Scope tab and do the following:
You can also use the Remove button to remove items where you want the policy to no longer be applied.
For more information on how to apply a Policy Object, see Applying Policy Objects and Managing policy scope earlier in this chapter.
Policies of this category are intended to automate the assignment of the pre-Windows 2000 user logon name when creating or modifying a user account, with flexible options to ensure uniqueness of the policy-generated name.
The ability to generate a unique name is essential. If Active Roles attempts to assign a policy-generated name when there is an existing user account with the same pre-Windows 2000 user logon name, a naming conflict will occur. Active Directory does not support multiple accounts with the same pre-Windows 2000 user logon name. A policy can be configured to generate a series of names in order to prevent naming conflicts with existing accounts.
When configuring a policy of this category, you can define multiple rules so that the policy applies them successively, attempting to generate a unique name in the event of a naming conflict. You can also configure a rule to include an incremental numeric value to ensure uniqueness of the policy-generated name. You also have the option to allow policy-generated names to be modified by operators who create or update user accounts.
When creating a user account, Active Roles relies on this policy to assign a certain pre-Windows 2000 user logon name to the user account. The policy generates the name based on properties of the user account being created. A policy may include one or more rules that construct the name value as a concatenation of entries that are similar to those you encounter when using a Property Generation and Validation policy.
A special entry—uniqueness number—is provided to help make the policy-generated name unique. A uniqueness number entry represents a numeric value the policy will increment in the event of a naming conflict. For example, a policy may provide the option to change the new name from JSmith to J1Smith if there is an existing user account with the pre-Windows 2000 user logon name set to JSmith. If the name J1Smith is also in use, the new name can be changed to J2Smith, and so on.
The policy configuration provides the option to allow or disallow manual edits of policy-generated names. Permission to modify a policy-generated name can be restricted to the case where the name is in use by another account.
Some specific features of the policy behavior are as follows:
To configure a User Logon Name Generation policy, select User Logon Name Generation on the Policy to Configure page in the New Provisioning Policy Object wizard or in the Add Provisioning Policy wizard. Then, click Next to display the User Logon Name (pre-Windows 2000) Generation Rules page:
Figure 44: New Provisioning Policy Object wizard
On the User Logon Name (pre-Windows 2000) Generation Rules page, you can set up a list of generation rules. Each entry in the list includes the following information:
You can use these buttons manage the list of rules:
By selecting the Allow manual edits of pre-Windows 2000 logon name check box, you authorize the operator who creates or updates the user account to make changes to the policy-generated name. If this check box is cleared, Active Roles displays the User logon name (pre-Windows 2000) field as read-only on the user creation and modification forms.
By selecting the Always option, you authorize the operator to modify the pre-Windows 2000 logon name at his or her discretion. With the option Only if a unique name cannot be generated by this policy, you limit manual changes to the situation where a unique name cannot be generated in accordance with the policy rules.
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