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† ETV Portal Server required field. All others are optional.
Use Integrated Windows
Authentication
Use "single sign-on." This means that once you login to your
local network, you can open ETV Portal Server without re-
entering your login credentials. See below Using LDAP with
Single Sign-On.
Use Independent Group
Entries
If unchecked (the default), the user's group memberships are
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 94.
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.
Ind. GroupObjectClass A group attribute in the LDAP database. Identifies which
entries will be searched for user memberships.
Ind. Group Identifier The group attribute that uniquely identifies a group. MCS will
match the values returned for this attribute with group names
entered on the
User Groups page.