CN8000 User Manual
LDAP Settings
To allow authentication and authorization for the CN8000 via LDAP / LDAPS, refer to the information in the table, below:
Item | Action |
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Enable | Put a check in the Enable checkbox to allow LDAP / LDAPS |
| authentication and authorization. |
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LDAP / LDAPS | Click a radio button to specify whether to use LDAP or LDAPS. |
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Enable Authorization | Select whether to enable Enable Authorization, or not. |
| 1. If enabled (the box is checked), the LDAP / LDAPS server |
| directly returns a ‘permission’ attribute and authorization for |
| the user that is logging in. With this selection the LDAP |
| schema must be extended. See LDAP Server Configura- |
| tion, page 137, for details. |
| 2. If not enabled (no check in the box), the result the server |
| returns indicates whether the user that is logging in belongs |
| to the ‘CN8000 Admin Group’. If the result is ‘yes’ the user |
| has full access rights; if the result is ‘no’, the user only has |
| limited access rights. |
| Note: Consult the LDAP / LDAPS administrator to |
| ascertain whether to enable the Enable Authorization |
| function, or not. |
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LDAP Server IP and | Fill in the IP address and port number for the LDAP or LDAPS |
Port | server. For LDAP, the default port number is 389; for LDAPS, |
| the default port number is 636. |
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Timeout | Set the time in seconds that the CN8000 waits for an LDAP or |
| LDAPS server reply before it times out. |
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LDAP Administrator | Consult the LDAP / LDAPS administrator to ascertain the |
DN | appropriate entry for this field. For example, the entry might |
| look like this: |
| cn=LDAPAdmin,ou=cn8000,dc=aten,dc=com |
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LDAP Administrator | Key in the LDAP administrator’s password. |
Password |
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