Q&A: How can I hide input fields in udm

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Question:

Can I hide input fields in udm and how can I hide the homeDirectory field or title?

Answer:

We have ucr variables which can be used. It is kind of tricky and only understandable by code reading. It is also not documented though. So you can get the structure by this examples:
ucr set directory/manager/web/modules/users/user/properties/unixhome/__hidden=yes hides the home directory

ucr set directory/manager/web/modules/users/user/properties/title/__hidden=yes hides the title property

Also intersting:

How-To: How can I make the firstname mandatory when creating a user?

Problem You have a service that needs the firstname of a user and to make sure, that every account has that field filled out, you want to make it mandatory. Per default, the firstname field is optional. Solution Create a new ucr variable with the udm object firstname: ucr set directory/manager/web/modules/users/user/properties/firstname/required='true' Then restart the UMC to apply the change: systemctl restart univention-management-console-server.service

https://docs.software-univention.de/developer-reference/5.0/en/udm/udm-modules.html#udm_modules_globals.property_descriptions

Possible pitfalls

Das LDAP-Objekt konnte nicht gespeichert werden: LDAP-Fehler: Object class violation: object class 'posixAccount' requires attribute 'homeDirectory'.

This occurs if you used
ucr set directory/manager/web/modules/users/user/properties/unixhome/options='hidden'