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+ | ====== Identity Management ====== | ||
+ | **IdM** is the short form for **I****d**entity **M**anagement. It is a broad administrative area that deals with identifying persons in a large system and controlling their access to resources within that system by associating user rights and restrictions with the established identity. | ||
+ | In other words and on a fundamental level, the identity management involves defining what users can do on the connected directories and servers. | ||
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+ | ===== Using IdM and MetaDirectory to support user processes ===== | ||
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+ | Since 2005 the GWDG as competence centre provides a large Identity Management environment to support all relevant user processes in the University of Göttingen and also the Max-Planck-Institutes in Germany. During that time, GWDG has been able to connect many institutes of the University and the Max Planck Society (MPG) to the central MetaDirectory, | ||
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+ | ===== Major parts of the Identity Management in the GWDG ===== | ||
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+ | ==== How to connect to the MetaDir ==== | ||
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+ | ==== Requirements for connecting to the IdM ==== | ||
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+ | [[Installing remote loader software]] | ||
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+ | [[IdM-Portal documentation]] |