Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution Setup Guide

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10.2.4 Setting the link with Directory Server

The Link with Directory Server page is used to specify the settings required for linking to Directory Server to perform login authentication, such as the server name and port number.

The following items are set in Link with Directory Server.

Organization of this subsection
(1) Use Directory Server
(2) Code set
(3) Server name
(4) Port number
(5) Users with access
(6) Response monitoring time
(7) User information DN
(8) User ID attribute name
(9) User name attribute name

(1) Use Directory Server

Use Directory Server specifies whether to use Directory Server to authenticate logins.

Select Use for authentication only if using Directory Server to authenticate logins.

(2) Code set

Code set specifies the type of character encoding to use.

(3) Server name

Server name specifies the Directory Server host name or IP address.

(4) Port number

Port No. specifies the Directory Server port number.

(5) Users with access

Users with access specifies the user domain name for accessing Directory Server information entries.

You must first output a list of user information, using Active Directory's LDIFDE command, to find the domain names of the users for whom you want to allow access. For details about search methods, see 10.10.1 Login authentication.

Also set the password in the Set Password dialog box.

(6) Response monitoring time

Response monitoring time specifies the time (in seconds) that Directory Server has to respond to a search request. If this amount of time has passed and there is no response from Directory Server, processing is terminated and reported as a communication error. If numerous processes use the Directory Server service and communication errors occur frequently during login authentication, set a longer response wait time.

(7) User information DN

User information DN specifies the domain name that serves as the basis for user information searches.

You must first output a list of user information, using Active Directory's LDIFDE command, to find the domain name of the group to be searched for users during Asset Information Manager Subset login authentication. For more about search methods, see 10.10.1 Login authentication.

(8) User ID attribute name

User ID attribute name specifies the attribute name of the user information to be used as the user ID during Asset Information Manager Subset login.

You must first output a list of user information, using Active Directory's LDIFDE command, to find the attribute name to be used as the user ID during Asset Information Manager Subset login authentication. For more about search methods, see 10.10.1 Login authentication.

(9) User name attribute name

User name attribute name specifies the attribute name of the user information to be used as the Asset Information Manager Subset user name.

You must first output a list of user information, using Active Directory's LDIFDE command, to find the attribute name to be used as the Asset Information Manager Subset user name. For more about search methods, see 10.10.1 Login authentication.