Synchronization User Lists

You create Synchronization User Lists (SULs) to define specific users in both the Sun and Windows directories to be synchronized. These definitions enable synchronization of a flat Directory Information Tree (DIT) to a hierarchical directory tree.

The following concepts are used to define a Synchronization User List:

• Base DN(not applicable to Windows NT): Includes all users in that DN unless another SUL is more specific or unless excluded by a filter.

• Filter: Uses attributes in the user’s entry to exclude users from synchronization or to separate users with the same base DN into multiple SULs. This filter uses LDAP filter syntax.

• Creation expression (not applicable to Windows NT): Constructs the DN where new users are created, for example, cn=%cn%,ou=sales,dc=example, dc=com where %cn% is replaced with the value of cn from the existing user entry. A creation expression must end with the base DN.

  An SUL includes two definitions; where each definition identifies the group of users to be synchronized in the topology terms of the directory type.

• One definition identifies which Directory Server users to synchronize (for example: ou=people, dc=example, dc=com)

• The other definition identifies the Windows users to synchronize (for example: cn=users, dc=example, dc=com)

  When you are preparing to create SULs, ask yourself the following questions:

• Which users will be synchronized?

• Which users are excluded from synchronization?

• Where should new users be created?

See Appendix D, Defining and Configuring Synchronization User Lists for Identity Synchronization for Windows for detailed information about creating SULs.