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by default if no value is specified when an individual server is configured. Parameters are
server-specific and can be different on different servers or in different domains.

The following table shows you the parameters that can be used in Common Parameters and
Parameters

fields for LDAP server configuration. Note that common parameters are evaluated

at runtime.

NOTE:

If you use NCI for LDAP server configuration, you must create a default configuration

description file. The configuration description file is a text file that assigns values to the common
parameters. HPDM users do not need to create a configuration description file, but they should
be aware of the file if it exists.

If, for example, you use both HPDM and NCI at different times to manage the server
configurations, changes that are made in the Common Parameters affect the default server
configuration. Conversely, if you use NCI to alter a server configuration, specifying a new default
configuration file, the values in that file will overwrite the values you specified earlier as Common
Parameters

in HPDM. For more information about the default configuration description file,

see the Neoview User Management and Security Administration Guide.

Supported Directory Server Type

Comments

openLDAP

Active

Directory

Description

Parameter

Valid as a common
parameter or
server-specific
parameter

Yes

Yes

Specifies the top node for the
directory server.

DirectoryBase

Valid as a common
parameter or
server-specific
parameter

Yes

Yes

Specifies the part of a user's
DN that uniquely identifies
the user.

UniqueIdentifier

Valid only as a
common parameter

No

Yes

Specifies the directory
attribute that uniquely
identifies the user.

UserIdentifier

Valid only as a
common parameter

No

Yes

Specifies how the user's login
text is related to the contents
of the attribute specified by
UserIdentifier

.

UserIdentifierMapping

Valid only as a
common parameter

Yes

Yes

Specifies the format of the
logon string.

UserIdentifierFormat

Valid only as a
common parameter

No

Yes

Specifies the attribute whose
value includes the name of
the user's domain.

DomainAttribute

Valid only as a
common parameter

No

Yes

Specifies where the domain
name occurs with the value
of DomainAttribute.

DomainAttributeFormat

For more detailed information and examples of each parameter, see the Neoview User Management
and Security Administration Guide
.

Considerations for Adding Directory Servers

This table provides considerations and recommendations for configuring these three types of
directory servers:

Considerations for Adding Directory Servers

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