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  • MDM Registry Edition 10.5
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  1. Preface
  2. Introduction to MDM Registry Security Framework
  3. Configuration Tasks
  4. Setting Up LDAP
  5. Security Implementation

Security Framework Guide

Security Framework Guide

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Directory Tree Structure for LDAP

Directory Tree Structure for LDAP

Directory structure depicts the hierarchy of the organization. The following provides the directory tree structure for LDAP:
The following object classes for entities are provided:

Root DN Record for organization

DN: dc=informatica,dc=com
Attribute
Value
objectClass
dcObject
dc
organization (structural)
o
informatica
description
Informatica.com

DN for Users

DN: ou=Users,dc=informatica,dc=com
Attribute
Value
objectClass
organizationalUnit
ou
Users
description
Users of informatica.com

DN for User

DN: uid=xxxxx,ou=Users,dc=informatica,dc=com
Attribute
Value
objectClass
inetOrgPerson
objectClass
organizationalPerson
objectClass
Person
cn
Common name
uid
Unique ID of user (xxxx)
userPassword
User password

DN for Roles

DN: ou=Roles,dc=informatica,dc=com
Attribute
Value
objectClass
organizationalUnit
ou
Roles
description
Roles for the informatica.com

DN for Role

DN: ou=Roles,dc=informatica,dc=com
Attribute
Value
objectClass
organizationalRole
objectClass
top
cn
Name of a role
roleOccupant
uid=xxxx,ou=Users,dc=informatica,dc=com
roleOccupant
uid=yyyy,ou=Users,dc=informatica,dc=com

DN for Resources

DN: ou=Resources,dc=informatica,dc=com
Attribute
Value
objectClass
organizationalUnit
ou
Resources
description
Resources of informatica.com

DN for Resource

DN: cn=RESOURCE_NAME,ou=Resources,dc=informatica,dc=com
Attribute
Value
objectClass
organizationalRole
objectClass
top
cn
Name of a resource
Description
Description about the resource

DN for Privileges

DN: ou= Privileges,dc=informatica,dc=com
Attribute
Value
objectClass
organizationalUnit
ou
Privileges
Description
Access privileges for the system resources

DN for Privilege

DN: cn=PRIVILEGE_NAME,ou=Privileges,dc=informatica,dc=com
Attribute
Value
objectClass
organizationalRole
objectClass
top
cn
Name of a privilege
Description
Description about the privilege

DN for Groups

DN: ou= Groups,dc=informatica,dc=com
Attribute
Value
objectClass
organizationalUnit
ou
Groups
Description
Groups for the informatica.com

DN for Group

DN: cn=GROUP_NAME,ou=Groups,dc=informatica,dc=com
Attribute
Value
objectClass
organizationalRole
objectClass
top
cn
Name of a group
Description
Description about the group
roleOccupant
Users of the group
The ACL (access control list) uses the group entities to add restrictions on users. To provide admin users a write access to all, define the
slapd.conf
 file as: 
## Give Admins immediate write access:
access to dn.subtree="dc=informatica,dc=com"
by group/organizationalRole/roleOccupant= "cn=Administrators,ou=Groups,dc=informatica,dc=com" write
       by * none break

DN for Permissions

DN: ou= Permissions,dc=informatica,dc=com
Attribute
Value
objectClass
organizationalUnit
ou
Permissions
Description
Permissions for the informatica.com

DN for Permission

DN: cn=PERMISSION_NAME,ou= Permissions,dc=informatica,dc=com
Attribute
Value
objectClass
organizationalRole
objectClass
top
cn
Name of a permission
Description
Description about the permission
roleOccupant
Role entity
cn=Admin,ou=Roles,dc=informatica,dc=com
roleOccupant
Resource entity
cn=IDD_APPLICATION,ou=Resources,dc=informatica,dc=com
roleOccupant
Privilege entity
cn=CREATE,ou=Privileges,dc=informatica,dc=com
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