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Sun Java System Identity Manager 6.0 Resources Reference 2005Q4M3

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Sybase

The Sybase resource adapter is defined in the com.waveset.adapter.SybaseResourceAdapter class.

This adapter supports the following versions of Sybase Adaptive Server:

12.x

Use this adapter to support user accounts for logging into Sybase Adaptive Server. If you have a custom Sybase table, see Database Table on page 1-89 for information about using the Resource Adapter Wizard to create a custom Sybase table resource.

Resource Configuration Notes

None

Identity Manager Installation Notes

The Sybase resource adapter is a custom adapter. You must perform the following steps to complete the installation process:

To add this resource to the Identity Manager resources list, you must add the following value in the Custom Resources section of the Configure Managed Resources page.

com.waveset.adapter.SybaseResourceAdapter

Copy the Sybase\jConnect-5_5\classes\jconn2.jar file to the InstallDir\idm\WEB-INF\lib directory.

Usage Notes

The Sybase resource adapter uses the following system procedures to manage user accounts:

sp_addlogin, sp_droplogin
sp_adduser, sp_dropuser
sp_changegroup
sp_displayroles
sp_helpuser
sp_locklogin
sp_password

Security Notes

This section provides information about supported connections and privilege requirements.

Supported Connections

Identity Manager uses JDBC over SSL to communicate with this adapter.

Required Administrative Privileges

The following table lists the permissions needed to execute the system procedures:

System Procedure	Permissions Required
sp_addlogin, sp_droplogin	System Administrator or System Security Officer
sp_adduser, sp_droplogin	Database Owner, System Administrator, or System Security Officer
sp_changegroup	Database Owner, System Administrator, or System Security Officer
sp_displayroles	System Administrator or System Security Officer
sp_helpuser	None
sp_locklogin	System Administrator or System Security Officer
sp_password	Only a System Security Officer can execute sp_password to change another user's password. Any user can execute sp_password to change his or her own password.

Provisioning Notes

The following table summarizes the provisioning capabilities of this adapter.

Feature	Supported?
Enable/disable account	Yes
Rename account	No
Pass-through authentication	Yes
Before/after actions	No
Data loading methods	Import directly from resource   Reconcile with resource

Account Attributes

The following table provides information about Sybase account attributes.

Resource User Attribute	Description
Sybase Roles	The Sybase roles (system capabilities) assigned to the user.
Sybase Group	The Sybase groups (databases) assigned to the user.

Resource Object Management

None

Identity Template

$accountId$

Sample Forms

None

Troubleshooting

Use the Identity Manager debug pages to set trace options on the following classes:

com.waveset.adapter.SybaseResourceAdapter
com.waveset.adapter.JdbcResourceAdapter

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