User

The User class enables IBM Security to associate existing Active Directory user accounts with UNIX profiles that contain the attributes required for users to log on to UNIX computers.

Syntax

public interface IUser

Discussion

These additional UNIX-specific attributes that make up the UNIX profile for an Active Directory user are stored and managed within the UserUnixProfile object.

Methods

The User class provides the following methods:

Method	Description
AddUnixProfile	Adds a new UNIX profile for a user to the specified zone.
Commit	Commits the changes to the User object and saves them in Active Directory.
CommitWithoutCheck	Commits the changes to the User object without validating any of the data before saving.
GetDirectoryEntry	Returns an instance of the DirectoryEntry for the user from Active Directory.
GetRoleAssignmentsFromDomain	Returns the collection of all role assignments for a user in a specified domain.
GetRoleAssignmentsFromForest	Returns the collection of all role assignments for a user in a specified forest.
Refresh	Reloads the data in the cache from Active Directory.

Properties

The User class provides the following properties:

Property	Description
AdsiInterface	Gets the ADSI interface of the user object in Active Directory.
ADsPath	Gets the LDAP path to the Active Directory user object.
ID	Gets the UID for the user as a string.
UnixProfiles	Gets the collection of UNIX profiles for the user.