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authenticating against Microsoft's Active Directory, check the LDAP Server is Microsoft Active Directory check box and enter the path to the LDAP server in the LDAP Path box. If authenticating against a directory other than Microsoft Active Directory, do not check LDAP Server is Microsoft Active Directory. LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is a standardized method to access directories from multiple vendors. A complete discussion of LDAP is beyond the scope of this document.

Enable Authentication and	Enable authentication and authorization which requires users
Authorization	to login and be authenticated. If not checked, all users have
	access to all functionality and content.
Use VBrick database	Use the VBrick (non LDAP) database provided with ETV
	Portal Server.
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 Integrated 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 Single Sign-On.
Use Independent Group	If unchecked (the default), the user's group memberships are
Entries	stored as attributes of the user's directory entry identified by
	the Attribute for Groups field. If checked, MCS will support
	LDAP models where group entries are independent of user
	entries. If checked, the Independent Group ObjectClass and
	Independent Group Identifier fields are required.
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 73.
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.

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