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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:
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