Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
Tip 5
: User provisioning must exploit the mapping of UUIDs to local user IDs
Application systems need to set users up with IDs that conform to local
schemes. However, it would be good if those local IDs could be mapped to a
global, meaning-free ID and held within each system (as far as possible).
There are a few complications here, as when downstream systems cannot
hold references to UUIDs, and also when it is not possible for a provisioning
message to know in advance what local user ID a user will be assigned on a
system. These are explored in greater detail when we discuss user
provisioning.
