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Use LDAP database

Use an LDAP database. VBrick supports major LDAP

 

vendors but only Microsoft Active Directory and Novell

 

eDirectory are fully tested and supported.

 

 

LDAP Server is Microsoft

Check only if using Microsoft Active Directory.

Active Directory

 

 

 

 

Use Intengrated Windows

Use "single sign-on." This means that once you login to your

Authentication

local network, you can open ETV Portal Server without re-

 

entering your login credentials. See below Using Single Sign-

 

On.

 

 

LDAP Path†

Required by ETV Portal Server. Case sensitive. Must begin

 

with LDAP:// Points to a specific position in the LDAP tree

 

and also includes the machine IP address (or Domain name)

 

on which the server is running. For example use LDAP://

 

myLDAPServer with Microsoft Active Directory; use LDAP://

 

myLDAPServer:636 with Novell eDirectory. For more

 

information, see Installing the Root Certificate on page 40.

 

 

Attribute for Usernames†

Required by ETV Portal Server. Attribute to identify a user.

 

The following sample username attributes are widely used but

 

refer to a specific LDAP schema:

 

• Microsoft Active Directory: sAMAccountName

 

Novell eDirectory: uid

 

 

Attribute for Groups†

Required by ETV Portal Server. Attribute to identify the

 

group to which a user belongs. The following sample group

 

attributes are widely used but refer to a particular LDAP

 

schema:

 

• Microsoft Active Directory: memberOf

 

Novell eDirectory: groupMembership

 

 

User Base DN

Base distinguishing name (DN) of user nod and/or the Base

 

DN for the Master Username.

 

 

Username Prefix

Used in non-Active Directory environments where the user

 

name is prefixed with a specific string such as uid= or cn=.

 

The following sample prefixes are widely used but refer to a

 

specific LDAP schema:

 

uid=

 

cn=

 

 

Master Username

Required for single-sign-on. User name that has admin

 

permission to browse the LDAP tree. Used to browse the

 

LDAP tree to get user groups.

 

 

Master Password

Required for single-sign-on. Password for Master Username.

 

 

 

† ETV Portal Server required field. All others are optional.

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