How to Make Users Sync to Linux in Lower Case

  • Document ID:7005010
  • Creation Date:10-Dec-2009
  • Modified Date:26-Apr-2012
    • Micro Focus Products:
      Identity Manager

Environment

Novell Identity Manager 3.6.1
Novell Identity Manager Driver - Linux and UNIX - Fan Out

Situation

Is there is a way to make the user names sync as lowercase from eDirectory to Linux. Many people don't use the mixed case or upper case when logging into eDirectory because it is not case sensitive. However, Linux is case sensitive.

Resolution

If you change the 2 lines in platformverifyandmapname.sh:

*[0-9a-zA-Z._-]* )

to:

*[0-9a-z._-]* )

Then it should keep everything in lowercase.

Additional Information

By default the AIX and Solaris scripts lowercase users id's coming from eDirectory.