Installing and Running the LDAP Browser

To install the LDAP Browser on a system, ensure that the Internet Express OpenLDAP subset is installed. Then, follow these steps:

1.From the Internet Express Administration utility Main menu, choose Manage Components.

2.From Directory Services, choose Download LDAP Browser. The Download the LDAP Browser form is displayed.

3.Right-click on the ldapbrowser.jar link to bring up the browser menu, and then save the file to a directory on your system.

4.If the client system is running Tru64 UNIX, repeat the same process for the ldapbrowser startup script link, and set the permissions of the resulting file to be executable.

As an alternative to downloading these two files through a Web browser, you can use a mechanism like FTP to download them directly; they can be found in the /usr/internet/openldap/admin directory on the system where Internet Express is installed.

Managing Frequently Used Connections

From the LDAP Browser Main Browsing window, you access the Connection Management by choosing Connect from the File menu. The Connection Management window pops up in a separate window. It allows you to manage the configuration information for frequently accessed LDAP servers. The following functions can be performed:

•Establish a connection by selecting it in the list and clicking on the Connect button. See Section : Connecting to an LDAP Server.

•Edit a connection entry by selecting it in the list and clicking on the Edit button. See Section : Creating or Editing Frequently Used Connections.

•Delete a connection entry by selecting it in the list and clicking on the Delete button.

•Rename a connection entry by selecting it in the list, clicking on the Rename button, and entering a new name when prompted.

•Copy a connection entry by selecting it in the list, clicking on the Copy button, and entering a name for the new entry when prompted.

Connecting to an LDAP Server

To connect to an LDAP server, follow these steps:

1.Choose Connect from the File menu on the LDAP Browser Main Browsing window. The Connection Management window opens.

2.Select the LDAP server from the list of connections.

3.Click on the Connect button.

The LDAP directory information is then displayed in the LDAP Browser Main Browsing window.

Creating or Editing Frequently Used Connections

The Connection Information form used for adding or editing connection entries prompts for the following connection configuration information:

Field

Description

Connection nickname

Enter a short nickname (alias) to represent this connection in the list of frequently

 

accessed connections

Hostname

Enter the host name of an LDAP v3-compliant directory server

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