Command Line Interface Guide

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omconfig preferences dirservice

Use the omconfig preferences dirservice command to configure the Active

Directory service. The <productname>oem.ini file is modified to reflect

these changes. If the "adproductname" is not present in the

default value is used. <computername> refers to the name of the computer

running Server Administrator and <productname> refers to the name of the

product defined in omprv32.ini. For Server Administrator, the product name

is "omsa".

Therefore, for a computer named "myOmsa" running Server Administrator,

the default name is "myOmsa–omsa". This is the name of Server

Administrator defined in Active Directory by using the snap–in tool. This

name must match the name for the application object in Active Directory in

order to find user privileges.

NOTE: This command is applicable only on systems running the Windows

operating system.

Table 4-17 shows the valid parameters for the command.

Table 4-17. Active Directory Service Configuration Parameters

name=value pair Description

prodname=<text> Specifies the product to which you want to apply the Active

Directory configuration changes. prodname refers to the name

of the product defined in omprv32.ini. For Server

Administrator, it is "omsa".

enable=<true |

false>

true: Enables Active Directory service authentication support

and the Active Directory Login option on the login page.

false: Disables Active Directory service authentication support

and the Active Directory Login option on the login page. If the

Active Directory Login option is not present, you can only

adprodname=

<text>

Specifies the name of the product as defined in the Active

Directory service. This name links the product with the Active

Directory privilege data for user authentication.