This page lets you edit LDAP settings for the currently selected LDAP data source.
Select to make the LDAP data source searchable.
Available only when creating a new LDAP data source.
Type the LDAP data source name you want to appear in the directory list. Use only letters, numbers, and underscore characters (_) in the name.
Enter the LDAP server's IP address or DNS host name.
IMPORTANT: After initial configuration, you can change the host name to refer to a different LDAP server if the new server has the same schema configuration. If it does not, remove the current directory and add a new one with the new host name information.
Type the LDAP server's port number.
Select to enable SSL.
Important: This works only if you have already set up SSL on the LDAP server.
If Enable SSL is selected, type the secure port number.
Type the distinguished name of the container you want as the search root (such as o=acmecorp). The search root is where searching starts.
Lets you specify which subcontainers within the root container to include in searches.
One: Includes the root distinguished name and all entries at the search root level
Sub: Includes the root distinguished name and all entries at all levels below it
Type the maximum number of search result entries you want returned with each search. For greatest search efficiency, use a setting of 100 to 200. Do not set to more than 1000.
Type the search proxy distinguished name using LDAP format (for example,
cn=admin,o=acmecorp). If you leave this field blank, Novell
Type the search proxy password.
Select to include the directory in the authentication group. eGuide uses the user's authenticated credentials to access directories in the authentication group. For those directories not included in the authentication group, eGuide uses default proxy credentials.
Available only when configuring the directory designated as the login server.
Using LDAP format, type the distinguished name of the authentication proxy (for example, cn=admin,o=acmecorp). eGuide uses this user object to search for and identify fully distinguished names during a contextless login. If you leave this field blank, eGuide uses anonymous credentials on all contextless login attempts.
Important: The user object assigned as the authentication proxy must have the Read right to all distinguished names and to the attribute designated in eGuide as the user authentication key on the login server.
Available only when configuring the directory designated as the login server.
Type authentication user's password.
Available only when configuring the directory designated as the login server.
Type the distinguished name of the container where the authentication credentials search should begin.
Click to force eGuide to reread the schema information of the current directory.
Important: eGuide reads a directory's schema information only when the directory is first added. You must click Refresh Schema to have subsequent schema changes reflected in eGuide.
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