Unique identifier assigned to every entry in the directory. Texas A&M uses this attribute as the relative distinguished name (RDN) for entries in the people branch. An RDN of this format was chosen because it presents a very large namespace, assists in separating directory entries from easily matchable, personal identifiers, and allows the flexibility of separating directory entry management from login and email attributes. Many LDAP-enabled products expect the RDN to be the NetID. However, RDNs are expected to change infrequently. The NetID at Texas A&M is required to be modifiable, making it inappropriate for use as an RDN.
| Attribute Name: | 'uid' 'userid' |
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| OID: | 0.9.2342.19200300.100.1.1 |
| URN: | urn:oid:0.9.2342.19200300.100.1.1 |
| Multiple Values: | Multi-valued (treated as Single-valued) |
| Format: | Directory String 256 Value is a 32-character hexadecimal string. |
| Search Syntax: | EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch SUBSTR caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch |
| Controlled Vocabulary: | not applicable |
| Source: | Enterprise Directory People, Affiliates, Sponsored Affiliates Branches/White Pages Directory People Branch: Generated at time LDAP entry is created.
Enterprise Directory Roles Branch/White Pages Directory Roles Branch: Set to unique identifier selected by account proxy. |
Directory-specific details
| Enterprise Directory People Branch | White Pages Directory People Branch |
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| Directory URL: | ldap.tamu.edu | operator.tamu.edu |
| Required: | yes (by tamuPerson) | yes (by tamuEduDirectoryPerson) |
| Indexing: | Presence (pres): Improves searches for entries that contain the indexed attribute. Equality (eq): Improves searches for entries that contain an attribute that is set to a specific value. | Presence (pres): Improves searches for entries that contain the indexed attribute. Equality (eq): Improves searches for entries that contain an attribute that is set to a specific value. |
| Access: | Access to Enterprise Directory restricted. | Nonauthenticated (anonymous) users have read access. (White Pages Directory supports anonymous binds only.) |
| Usage: | directory search web service | white pages directory search |
| Example(s): | 79094b873aa31720a4bbcd59b45df5d2 | 79094b873aa31720a4bbcd59b45df5d2 |
| Enterprise Directory Affiliates Branch | Enterprise Directory Sponsored Affiliates Branch |
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| Directory URL: | ldap.tamu.edu | ldap.tamu.edu |
| Required: | yes (by tamuPerson) | yes (by tamuPerson) |
| Indexing: | Presence (pres): Improves searches for entries that contain the indexed attribute. Equality (eq): Improves searches for entries that contain an attribute that is set to a specific value. | Presence (pres): Improves searches for entries that contain the indexed attribute. Equality (eq): Improves searches for entries that contain an attribute that is set to a specific value. |
| Access: | Access to Enterprise Directory restricted. | Access to Enterprise Directory restricted. |
| Usage: | directory search web service | directory search web service |
| Example(s): | 79094b873aa31720a4bbcd59b45df5d2 | 79094b873aa31720a4bbcd59b45df5d2 |
| Enterprise Directory Roles Branch | White Pages Directory Roles Branch |
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| Directory URL: | ldap.tamu.edu | operator.tamu.edu |
| Required: | yes | yes |
| Indexing: | Presence (pres): Improves searches for entries that contain the indexed attribute. Equality (eq): Improves searches for entries that contain an attribute that is set to a specific value. | Presence (pres): Improves searches for entries that contain the indexed attribute. Equality (eq): Improves searches for entries that contain an attribute that is set to a specific value. |
| Access: | Access to Enterprise Directory restricted. | Nonauthenticated (anonymous) users have read access. (White Pages Directory supports anonymous binds only.) |
| Usage: | directory search web service | directory search |
| Example(s): | helpdesk | helpdesk |