(for example, the DFS Namespace in Windows Server) and <fs_path> is the optional directory path that can include a
specific filename. When you type the UNC path, you can use an asterisk (*) to represent a sequence of arbitrary
characters (including blank spaces), a question mark (?) to represent a single arbitrary character, and a backslash (\)
to represent an escape character. You cannot type a URL that can search all of the computers in a Windows domain.
6. If the file system requires the BlackBerry MDS Connection Service to authenticate with the remote file system,
perform the following actions:
• In the User name field, type the name of the account that you want the BlackBerry MDS Connection Service to
use to authenticate to the remote file system.
• In the Authentication domain field, type the domain for the user account.
• In the Password and Confirm password fields, type the password for the user account.
• In the Network provider drop-down list, click the network provider that BlackBerry MDS Connection Service
should use to access the file system.
7. Click Save all.
Examples for step 5
To access a specific file on a computer, you can type /test.company.net/docs/presentation.ppt. To access the shared
folders on a specific computer, you can type /10.10.10.10. To access all of the content on the computers in a specific
domain, you can type *.test.company.net/*.
After you finish: Add communication information to a BlackBerry MDS Connection Service configuration set.
Add communication information to a BlackBerry MDSConnection Service configuration set
A BlackBerry MDS Connection Service configuration set is a set of service configurations that the BlackBerry MDS
Connection Service instances in your organization can use to communicate with a remote file system, an LDAP server, a
DSML server, a CRL server, an OCSP server, or a certification authority. You must add the communication information that
the BlackBerry MDS Connection Service requires to communicate with servers to a configuration set so that a BlackBerry
MDS Connection Service instance can communicate with the servers after you assign the configuration set to the instance.
1. In the BlackBerry Administration Service, on the Servers and components menu, expand BlackBerry Solution
topology > BlackBerry Domain > Component view.
2. Click MDS Connection Service.
3. Click Edit component.
4. On the Configuration Sets tab, perform one of the following actions:
• To create a configuration set, in the Configuration set name section, type a name and description for the
configuration set.
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