Oracle® Application Server Single Sign-On Application Developer's Guide
10g (9.0.4)
Part Number B10852-01

D
User Attributes Passed to Partner Applications

Table D-1 lists all of the user attributes that mod_osso passes to applications. The table also recommends attributes to use as keys, or handles, to retrieve additional user attributes from Oracle Internet Directory.

Table D-1 User Attributes Passed to Partner Applications

HTTP Header Name	Description	Source	Use as Key or Handle?
`Osso-User-Guid`	Single sign-on user's globally unique user ID (GUID)	Single sign-on user's globally unique user ID (GUID)	Recommended
`Osso-Subscriber-Guid`	Realm GUID	Realm entry in Oracle Internet Directory	Recommended
`Remote-User`	User nickname as entered by user on the login page	Single sign-on login page	Recommended for pre-9.0.4 applications, but not for 9.0.4 applications.
`Osso-Subscriber`	User-friendly name for a realm	Realm entry in Oracle Internet Directory	Recommended for pre-9.0.4 applications, but not for 9.0.4 applications.
`Accept-Language`	Language and territory in ISO format	Single sign-on server	Not applicable
`Osso-User-Dn`	Single sign-on user's distinguished name (DN)	User entry in Oracle Internet Directory	Not recommended. Use GUID headers to perform user searches in Oracle Internet Directory.^{Foot 1}
`Osso-Subscriber-DN`	Realm DN	Realm entry in Oracle Internet Directory	Not recommended. Use GUID headers to perform user searches in Oracle Internet Directory.^{Foot 2}

¹ Deprecated. To be removed in the next release.
² Deprecated. To be removed in the next release.

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