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Identity Manager 9.1.1 - Administration Guide for Connecting Unix-Based Target Systems

Table of Contents

Managing Unix-based systems

Architecture overview One Identity Manager users for managing Unix-based target systems Configuration parameters for managing Unix-based target systems

Synchronizing Unix-based target systems

Setting up initial synchronization with a Unix host

Users and permissions for synchronizing with a Unix-based target system Configuring Unix the host Setting up a synchronization server for Unix-based target systems

System requirements for the Unix synchronization server Installing One Identity Manager Service with a Unix or AIX connector

Creating a synchronization project for initial synchronization of a Unix host

Information required for setting up a synchronization project Creating an initial synchronization project for a Unix host

Configuring the synchronization log

Customizing the synchronization configuration

Configuring Unix host synchronization Configuring synchronization of several Unix hosts Changing system connection settings of Unix hosts

Editing connection parameters in the variable set Editing target system connection properties

Updating schemas Configuring the provisioning of memberships Configuring single object synchronization Accelerating provisioning and single object synchronization

Running synchronization

Starting synchronization Deactivating synchronization Displaying synchronization results Synchronizing single objects

Tasks following synchronization

Post-processing outstanding objects Adding custom tables to the target system synchronization Managing Unix user accounts through account definitions

Troubleshooting Ignoring data error in synchronization Pausing handling of target system specific processes (Offline mode)

Managing Unix user accounts and employees

Account definitions for Unix user accounts

Creating account definitions Editing account definitions Main data for an account definition Editing manage levels Creating manage levels Assigning manage levels to account definitions Main data for manage levels Creating mapping rules for IT operating data Entering IT operating data Modify IT operating data Assigning account definitions to employees

Assigning account definitions to departments, cost centers, and locations Assigning account definitions to business roles Assigning account definitions to all employees Assigning account definitions directly to employees Assigning account definitions to system roles Adding account definitions to the IT Shop

Assigning account definitions to Unix hosts Deleting account definitions

Assigning employees automatically to Unix user accounts

Editing search criteria for automatic employee assignment Finding employees and directly assigning them to user accounts Changing manage levels for Unix user accounts

Supported user account types

Default user accounts Administrative user accounts

Providing administrative user accounts for one employee Providing administrative user accounts for several employees

Privileged user accounts

Specifying deferred deletion for Unix user accounts

Managing memberships in Unix groups

Assigning Unix groups to Unix user accounts

Prerequisites for indirect assignment of Unix groups to Unix user accounts Assigning Unix groups to departments, cost centers and locations Assigning Unix groups to business roles Adding Unix groups to system roles Adding Unix groups to the IT Shop

Removing Unix groups from an IT Shop shelf Removing Unix groups from all IT Shop shelves

Assigning Unix user accounts directly to Unix groups Assigning Unix groups directly to Unix user accounts

Effectiveness of membership in Unix user groups Unix group inheritance based on categories Overview of all assignments

Login information for Unix user accounts

Password policies for Unix user accounts

Predefined password policies Using password policies Creating password policies Editing password policies General main data for password policies Character classes for passwords Policy settings Custom scripts for password requirements

Checking passwords with a script Generating passwords with a script

Password exclusion list Checking a password Testing password generation

Initial password for new Unix user accounts Email notifications about login data

Mapping of Unix objects in One Identity Manager

General main data of Unix hosts Defining categories for the inheritance of entitlements Editing the synchronization project for a Unix host Displaying the Unix hosts overview Displaying Unix login shells

Unix user accounts

Creating and editing Unix user accounts General main data of Unix user accounts User account main data for AIX systems

Limits for user accounts Password data for user accounts Security-relevant user account main data Main data for user accounts on an encrypted file system

Assigning extended properties to Unix user accounts Disabling AIX system user accounts Deleting and restoring Unix user accounts Displaying the Unix user account overview

Creating and editing Unix groups General main data for Unix groups Adding Unix groups to Unix groups Assigning extended properties to Unix groups Deleting Unix groups Displaying the Unix group overview

Reports about Unix objects

Handling of Unix objects in the Web Portal Basic data for Unix-based target systems

Target system managers Job server for Unix-specific process handling

General main data for a Job server Server functions of a Job server

Configuration parameters for managing Unix-based target systems Default project template for Unix-based target systems Unix connector settings

Adding custom tables to the target system synchronization

You must customize your target system synchronization to synchronize custom tables.

To add custom tables to target system synchronization

In the Manager, select the Unix > Basic configuration data > Target system types category.
In the result list, select the Unix target system type.
Select the Assign synchronization tables task.
In the Add assignments pane, assign custom tables to the outstanding objects you want to handle.
Save the changes.
Select the Configure tables for publishing task.
Select the custom tables that contain the outstanding objects that can be published in the target system and set the Publishable option.
Save the changes.

Related topics

Post-processing outstanding objects

Managing Unix user accounts through account definitions

In the default installation, after synchronizing, employees are automatically created for the user accounts. If an account definition for the host is not known at the time of synchronization, user accounts are linked with employees. However, account definitions are not assigned. The user accounts are therefore in a Linked state.

To manage the user accounts using account definitions, assign an account definition and a manage level to these user accounts.

To manage user accounts through account definitions

Create an account definition.
Assign an account definition to the host.
Assign a user account in the Linked state to the account definition. The account definition's default manage level is applied to the user account.
1. In the Manager, select the Unix > User accounts > Linked but not configured > <host> category.
2. Select the Assign account definition to linked accounts task.
3. In the Account definition menu, select the account definition.
4. Select the user accounts that contain the account definition.
5. Save the changes.

Related topics

Account definitions for Unix user accounts

Troubleshooting

Synchronization Editor helps you to analyze and eliminate synchronization errors.

Simulating synchronization

The simulation allows you to estimate the result of synchronization. This means you can, for example, recognize potential errors in the synchronization configuration.
Analyzing synchronization

You can generate the synchronization analysis report for analyzing problems which occur during synchronization, for example, insufficient performance.
Logging messages

One Identity Manager offers different options for logging errors. These include the synchronization log, the log file for One Identity Manager Service, the logging of messages with NLOG, and similar.
Reset start information

If synchronization stopped unexpectedly, for example, because a server was not available, the start information must be reset manually. Only then can the synchronization be restarted.

For more information about these topics, see the One Identity Manager Target System Synchronization Reference Guide.

Related topics

Displaying synchronization results

Ignoring data error in synchronization

By default, objects with incorrect data are not synchronized. These objects can be synchronized once the data has been corrected. In certain situations, however, it might be necessary to synchronize objects like these and ignore the data properties that have errors. This synchronization behavior can be configured in One Identity Manager.

To ignoring data errors during synchronization in One Identity Manager

In the Synchronization Editor, open the synchronization project.
Select the Configuration > One Identity Manager connection category.
In the General view, click Edit connection.

This starts the system connection wizard.
On the Additional options page, enable Try to ignore data errors.

This option is only effective if Continue on error is set in the synchronization workflow.

Default columns, such as primary keys, UID columns, or mandatory input columns cannot be ignored.
Save the changes.

IMPORTANT: If this option is set, One Identity Manager tries to ignore commit errors that could be related to data errors in a single column. This causes the data changed in the affected column to be discarded and the object is subsequently saved again. This effects performance and leads to loss of data.

Only set this option in the exceptional circumstance of not being able to correct the data before synchronization.

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