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<h1 class="topictitle1">Interaction with an Enterprise Identity Mapping server</h1>
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<div><p>Enterprise Identity Mapping (EIM) for <span class="keyword">iSeries™</span> allows
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administrators and application developers to solve the problem of managing
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multiple user registries across their enterprise.</p>
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<p>Most network enterprises face the problem of multiple user registries,
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which require each person or entity within the enterprise to have a user identity
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in each registry. The need for multiple user registries quickly grows into
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a large administrative problem that affects users, administrators, and application
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developers. Enterprise Identity Mapping (EIM) enables inexpensive solutions
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for easier management of multiple user registries and user identities in your
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enterprise.</p>
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<p>EIM allows you to create a system of identity mappings, called associations,
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between the various user identities in various user registries for a person
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in your enterprise. EIM also provides a common set of APIs that can be used
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across platforms to develop applications that can use the identity mappings
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that you create to look up the relationships between user identities.</p>
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<p>If you are a system administrator, you can configure and manage EIM through <span class="keyword">iSeries Navigator</span>, the <span class="keyword">iSeries</span> graphical
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user interface. The <span class="keyword">iSeries server</span> uses
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EIM to enable <span class="keyword">i5/OS™</span> interfaces
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to authenticate users by means of network authentication service.</p>
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<p>While <span class="keyword">iSeries Navigator</span> provides
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an interface for administrators to manage all user EIM identity mappings,
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it does not provide a secure interface for non-administrative users to manage
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their own identities. However, the IBM<sup>®</sup> Telephone Directory V5.2 application can
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be used by non-administrators (users) to manage their own identities in an
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EIM domain. When configured, users sign into the IBM Telephone Directory V5.2 application to
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update their directory entry and EIM identity mappings. The application only
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displays EIM identity mappings if a user logs in to update his or her own
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directory entry. By allowing users to manage their own EIM identity mappings,
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it helps ease the workload of the EIM domain administrator.</p>
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<p>When you (as a non-administrator) log in to the IBM Telephone Directory V5.2 application to
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update your directory entry, a list of identity mappings currently associated
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with your EIM identifier is also shown. The application shows your identity
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associations in the <span class="uicontrol">EIM registries</span> table. You can then
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use the application to add and remove any identity associations you have.
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The application interacts with the EIM domain server to add and remove identity
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associations as you request them. You can only manage your own associations.</p>
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<p>The IBM Telephone
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Directory V5.2 application queries the EIM domain for user registries of the IBM Telephone
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Directory V5.2 application to find identity mappings associated with application
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users. If a user registry is found, the identity that the user provided when
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he or she logged into the application is used to find his or her EIM identifier.
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The EIM identifier is used to display all identity associations for the user,
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and they are displayed in the <span class="uicontrol">EIM registries</span> table.
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If the EIM identifier cannot be found (because user login identity has not
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been associated with the IBM Telephone Directory application's user registry), an
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identifier is automatically created for the user in the EIM domain, and an
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association to the IBM Telephone Directory V5.2 application's user registry
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is added.</p>
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<p>You can remove any identity associations that are currently mapped to your
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EIM identifier, but to add an EIM association, you must first specify your
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credentials to the IBM Telephone Directory V5.2 application. When you add
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an EIM association, you must select a system name and enter your user ID and
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password associated with that system. The IBM Telephone Directory V5.2 application authenticates
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these credentials before it will add an association to the EIM domain. If
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authentication fails, the association is not added.</p>
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<p>Not all associations may be managed by IBM Telephone Directory V5.2. The application
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is only capable of authenticating identities that use LDAP or FTP protocols.
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If user registries are found that do not accept LDAP or FTP authentication,
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associations with that user registry cannot be added. The application must
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be able to authenticate a user's identity using LDAP or FTP before an association
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for that identity can be added to the user's EIM identifier.</p>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="itdover.htm" title="This topic provides an overview of the IBM Telephone Directory V5.2 application and how it interacts with different iSeries server components and various software components.">Overview of IBM Telephone Directory V5.2</a></div>
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<div class="reltasks"><strong>Related tasks</strong><br />
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<div><a href="itdadmineim.htm" title="Enterprise Identity Mapping (EIM) registration and identity mapping allows users to register with the EIM domain server and manage their identity mappings online.">Set up EIM registration and identity mapping</a></div>
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