How to:
It’s possible to create a user template so that a specific mail home server is set by default when a new user account is created in the UMC.
Step 1: Create an extended attribute for the new user template
You can accept the following complete UDM command or, if necessary, adapt it to your own requirements and then execute it as root in the shell.
udm settings/extended_attribute create --position "cn=custom attributes,cn=univention,$(ucr get ldap/base)" \
--set objectClass=univentionMailRouting \
--set module=settings/usertemplate \
--set translationTabName='"de_DE" "Mail"' \
--set shortDescription="Mail Home Server" \
--set groupName="Advanced settings" \
--set CLIName=mailHomeServer \
--set translationGroupName='"de_DE" "Erweiterte Einstellungen"' \
--set translationShortDescription='"de_DE" "Mail Home Server"' \
--set tabName="Mail" \
--set syntax=MailHomeServer \
--set tabAdvanced=1 \
--set name="mailHomeServer" \
--set mayChange=1 \
--set ldapMapping="univentionMailHomeServer"
Step 2: Create the user template
Use the following command to create a user template with the necessary attributes.
Hint
Please note that the command sets the mail home server following where the command is executed. If you want to define a different system as the Mail Home Server, you should adjust the value according to your wishes.
udm settings/usertemplate create --position "cn=templates,cn=univention,$(ucr get ldap/base)" \
--set name=Mail-Home-Server \
--set displayName="<firstname> <lastname><:strip>" \
--set primaryGroup="cn=Domain Users,cn=groups,$(ucr get ldap/base)" \
--set mailHomeServer="$(hostname -f)"
Investigation
You can then use the shell to check how the objects were created.
udm settings/extended_attribute list --filter cn=mailHomeServer
cn=mailHomeServer
DN: cn=mailHomeServer,cn=custom attributes,cn=univention,dc=miro,dc=intranet
CLIName: mailHomeServer
copyable: None
default: None
deleteObjectClass: None
disableUDMWeb: None
doNotSearch: None
fullWidth: None
groupName: Advanced settings
groupPosition: None
hook: None
ldapMapping: univentionMailHomeServer
longDescription: None
mayChange: 1
module: settings/usertemplate
multivalue: None
name: mailHomeServer
notEditable: 0
objectClass: univentionMailRouting
overwritePosition: None
overwriteTab: None
preventUmcDefaultPopup: None
shortDescription: Mail Home Server
syntax: MailHomeServer
tabAdvanced: 1
tabName: Mail
tabPosition: None
translationGroupName: de_DE: Erweiterte Einstellungen
translationShortDescription: de_DE: Mail Home Server
translationTabName: de_DE: Mail
valueRequired: None
version: 2
udm settings/usertemplate list --filter cn=Mail-Home-Server
cn=Mail-Home-Server
DN: cn=Mail-Home-Server,cn=templates,cn=univention,dc=miro,dc=intranet
city: None
country: None
description: None
disabled: None
displayName: <firstname> <lastname><:strip>
employeeNumber: None
employeeType: None
homeShare: None
homeSharePath: None
homedrive: None
initials: None
lastbind: None
mailHomeServer: ucs5primary.miro.intranet
mailPrimaryAddress: None
name: Mail-Home-Server
organisation: None
physicalDeliveryOfficeName: None
postcode: None
preferredDeliveryMethod: None
preferredLanguage: None
primaryGroup: cn=Domain Users,cn=groups,dc=miro,dc=intranet
profilepath: None
pwdChangeNextLogin: None
roomNumber: None
sambahome: None
scriptpath: None
shell: /bin/bash
state: None
street: None
title: None
unixhome: /home/
In the UMC you will find the created objects in the LDAP-Directory/univention/custom attributes and LDAP-Directory/univention/templates like in the following screenshosts.
You can then use the user template directly when you create a new user account via the UMC and then select it as follows.
