h3.Definition: User Attribute
A user attribute is an [attribute type|Definition -- Attribute Type] with an [attribute usage|Definition -- Attribute Usage] of "userApplications". User attributes are used for actually storing information in the directory, as opposed to [operational attributes|Definition -- Operational Attribute] which are used for storing state information used for internal server processing.
Whenever a search operation does not request any specific attributes to be returned, then all user attributes in matching entries will be returned. An explicit value of "{{*}}" (the asterisk) may also be included to explicitly include all user attributes.
A user attribute is an [attribute type|Definition -- Attribute Type] with an [attribute usage|Definition -- Attribute Usage] of "userApplications". User attributes are used for actually storing information in the directory, as opposed to [operational attributes|Definition -- Operational Attribute] which are used for storing state information used for internal server processing.
Whenever a search operation does not request any specific attributes to be returned, then all user attributes in matching entries will be returned. An explicit value of "{{*}}" (the asterisk) may also be included to explicitly include all user attributes.