POSIX AIX Profile: General Information

Use this page to specify information about the AIX® service instance.

The AIX service instance uses an agentless adapter based on IBM® Security Directory Integrator assembly lines. Complete the following fields to connect to the server where the service resides:

Service name
Specify a name that helps you identify the service instance. For example, you might include the host name of the computer on which the AIX service instance runs.
Description
Specify additional information about the AIX service instance.
Tivoli Directory Integrator location
Optional: Specify the URL for the Security Directory Integrator instance. Valid syntax is rmi://ip-address:port/ITDIDispatcher, where ip-address is the Security Directory Integrator host, and port is the port number for the RMI Dispatcher. For example, you might specify the URL as rmi://localhost:16231/ITDIDispatcher. Specify the value of localhost in the etc/hosts file.
Managed resource location
Specify the host name or IP address for the AIX resource. For IPv6 addresses, enter the address value in brackets. An example of a URL using IPv6 would be http://[address]:port number
User registry
Specify how to manage and authenticate users.
  • Leave Blank if the users on the service are to be managed only through the /etc/password file.
  • Type files if this is a mixed setup and the users are to be managed through the /etc/password file.
  • Type LDAP if this is a mixed setup and the users are to be managed through LDAP.
Delete home directory when the account is deleted?
Select this check box to delete the home directory of the user on the AIX server when the account is deleted.
Owner
Specify the existing user ID of the service owner that administers the AIX service instance.

Click Search to specify the name of the user who owns the service.

If a name exists in this field, click Clear to specify that any user be used in administering the service instance

Service prerequisite
Specify an existing service instance or function that the AIX service instance requires.

If a service has another service defined as a service prerequisite, a user can only receive a new account if they have an existing account on the service prerequisite.