Adding home directory permissions on the account form

You might want to add or modify the home directory permissions of the user on the managed resource.

About this task

To modify the home directory permissions, you must customize the erPosixHomeDir attribute on the account form. Do the following steps on IBM® Security Identity Manager:

Procedure

  1. Log on to IBM Security Identity Manager as an administrator.
  2. In the My Work pane, expand Configure System and click Design Forms to display the Design Forms page.
  3. From the applet, double-click Account to display the account form profiles.
  4. Double-click the account form profile to add the erPosixHomeDir attribute on the account form.
    Select one of the following profiles:
    POSIX AIX® account
    Select this option to customize the erPosixHomeDir attribute on the AIX account form.
    POSIX HP-UX account
    Select this option to customize the erPosixHomeDir attribute on the HP-UX account form.
    POSIX Linux® account
    Select this option to customize the erPosixHomeDir attribute on the Linux account form.
    POSIX Solaris account
    Select this option to customize the erPosixHomeDir attribute on the Solaris account form.
  5. From the Attributes List window, double-click the erPosixHomeDir attribute to add it to the $tabemployeeinfo tab.
  6. Right-click erposixperhomedir and click Change To>UMask.
  7. Click the Save Form Template icon.
    After you customize the attribute, the Home directory permissions attribute is available on the account form.