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To define and query those servers , you need to access the configuration page , from the link from LDAP Configuration , link available in cPrime apps menu. After the page is rendered , please press click Add LDAP button.
In the dialog that appears, you are required to appeared dialog input the type of directory, the name of that configuration, unique among other LDAPs, the URL, Base Distinguished Name and the user / password for that LDAP server.
Parameters:
- Directory - the directory type. Only MS Active Directory is supported at the moment. If you have other LDAP type, ask for support.
- Name - the LDAP configuration name, unique.
- Base DN - the base DN, used as a root for that LDAP.
- User / Password - the LDAP user and the password (it is not usually a single word, but a string like shown above)
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- Connection time-out, self explanatory
- Use cache - if checked, it will cache the records. Use it for better performance, but it may not reflect exactly what's in the LDAP database.
Press the 'Click Test' button to test for the configuration validity of the configuration. Any errors are reported back into the page dialog, allowing you to adjust your configuration until the connection is established successfully.
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You can mark the default LDAP server by clinking the 'clicking Make Default' icon. Only one LDAP may be configured as default. This setting was necessary to obey the backward compatibility rules. Since the LDAP routines have received one optional extra parameter which represents the LDAP configuration name, in order to make old programs run without modifications, we added the default LDAP (or primary LDAP). This default LDAP will be is used when that parameter in the LDAP calls is missing.
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Right now, only the Microsoft Active Directory is supported, though it might work with other systems too (e.g. for example works with OpenDS). However, we are eagerly waiting for requests to extend this functionality to different LDAP servers. |
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