Add multiple entries from an i5/OS system registry

After the installation of IBM® Telephone Directory V5.2, you may want the application to use certain information from the i5/OS™ operating system. For example, the operating system provides a way to publish the system distribution directory to your LDAP directory server. Once the information is in your LDAP server, IBM Telephone Directory V5.2 has access to it.

The operating system automatically publishes the system distribution directory to your LDAP directory server when you use iSeries™ Navigator to change the information on i5/OS. If the parent DN where the data is being published does not exist, the LDAP directory server automatically creates it.

Note: These steps are not applicable for a Domino® LDAP server.

To configure your server to publish i5/OS information into your LDAP directory server, perform the following steps:

  1. In iSeries Navigator, right-click on your server name and select Properties.
  2. Click the Directory Services tab.
  3. Select Users.
  4. Click Details.
  5. Select Publish user information.
  6. Specify the Directory server in which you want to publish.
  7. In the Under DN field, enter the parent distinguished name (DN) where you want information added on the directory server.
  8. Specify the Authentication method that you want the server to use, as well as the appropriate authentication information.
  9. If your directory server does not use the default port, enter the correct port number in the Port field.
  10. Click Verify to ensure that the parent DN exists on the server and that the connection information is correct. If the directory path does not exist, a dialog will prompt you to create it.
  11. Click OK.
Note: When you publish users from the system distribution directory, there is not a password value associated with the user entry that is created. For an entry to have a password, the IBM Telephone Directory V5.2 administrator must update each user entry.

For more information on how to publish information from the operating system to the LDAP directory, see Publish information to the directory server in the Directory Server (LDAP) topic.

Parent topic: Administer IBM Telephone Directory V5.2