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Oracle® Identity Manager Connector Guide for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Release 9.0.2

Part Number B32160-01
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1 About the Connector

Oracle Identity Manager automates access rights management, security, and provisioning of IT resources. Oracle Identity Manager connectors are used to integrate Oracle Identity Manager with third-party applications. The connector for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 is used to integrate Oracle Identity Manager with Microsoft Windows NT 4.0.


Note:

Oracle Identity Manager connectors were referred to as resource adapters prior to the acquisition of Thor Technologies by Oracle.

This chapter contains the following sections:

Supported Functionality

The following table lists the functions that are available with this connector.

Function Type Description
Create NT User Provisioning Creates a user on the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 server
Delete User Provisioning Deletes a provisioned user from the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 server
Create User Group and Add User to Group Provisioning Creates a user group on the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 server and adds an existing user to it
Disable User Provisioning Disables a provisioned user on the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 server
Create Folder at File Server Provisioning Creates a directory on the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 server
Create Share Provisioning Creates a share on a directory on the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 server
Add User to Share Provisioning Adds an NT server user to a share on the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 server
Set Home Drive and Directory Provisioning Updates user properties on the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 server according to a change in the Home Drive and Directory attribute
Set User Flag Provisioning Updates user properties on the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 server according to a change in the User Flag attribute
Set Account Expiration Date Provisioning Updates user properties on the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 server according to a change in the Account Expiration Date attribute
Date Expiration Updated Provisioning Updates user properties on the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 server according to a change in the Date Expiration attribute
Never Expires Updated Provisioning Updates user properties on the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 server according to a change in the Password Never Expires attribute
Update User ID Provisioning Updates user properties on the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 server according to a change in the User ID attribute
Update Password Provisioning Updates user properties on the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 server according to a change in the Password attribute
Update Share Name Provisioning Updates user properties on the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 server according to a change in the Share Name attribute
Share Path Updated Provisioning Updates user properties on the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 server according to a change in the Share Path attribute
Update Must Change Password Setting Provisioning Updates user properties on the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 server according to a change in the User Must Change Password attribute
Update User Full Name Provisioning Updates user properties on the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 server according to a change in the Full Name attribute
Update User Cannot Change Password Setting Provisioning Updates user properties on the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 server according to a change in the User Cannot Change Password attribute

Multilanguage Support

In addition to English, this release of the connector supports the following languages:

Provisioning Module

The following fields are provisioned:

Files and Directories That Comprise the Connector

The files and directories that comprise this connector are compressed in the following ZIP file on the installation media:

Operating Systems\Microsoft Windows\Microsoft WindowsNT4 Rev 2.2.0.zip

These files and directories are listed in the following table.

File in the Installation Media Directory Description
xml\WindowsNT4Object_DM.xml
This XML file contains definitions for the following components of the connector:
  • IT resource type

  • Custom process form

  • Process task and adapters (along with their mappings)

  • Resource object

  • Provisioning process

  • Pre-populate rules

  • Reconciliation process

  • Lookup definitions

lib\xliWindowsNT4.jar
This JAR file contains the class files required for provisioning and reconciliation.
dll\tcWindowsNT40.dll
This DLL file contains the native code required for provisioning users on a Microsoft Windows NT server.
Files in the resources directory Each of these files contains locale-specific information that is used by the connector.
docs\B32160_01.pdf
This guide, which provides instructions to deploy the connector.

The "Step 2: Copying the Connector Files" section provides instructions to copy these files into the required directories.

Determining the Release Number of the Connector

To determine the release number of the connector:

  1. Extract the contents of the xliWindowsNT4.jar file. This file is in the lib directory inside the installation media directory.

  2. Open the manifest.mf file in a text editor, which is one of the files bundled inside the xliWindowsNT4.jar file.

    In the manifest.mf file, the release number of the connector is displayed as the value of the Version property.