Appendix A: Login Administration
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tory, it is usually 'cn'. This should be set to whatever the directory server you are connecting to uses
as a unique identifier.
First Name Attribute - This is the LDAP attribute that should be used for the first name of the user.
Last Name Attribute - This is the LDAP attribute that should be used for the last name of the user.
Group Attribute - This is the LDAp attribute that should be used to find group memberships for the
user. On MSAD, this is 'memberOf'.
Note:
EA3 finds all instances of this attribute (not just the first, like it does for other attributes). So if a
user belongs to more than one group, EA3 will find all memberships.
Note:
Regarding LDAP parameter configurations, EA3 finds the first instance of the configured attribute
for a user, except for Group Membership. So, if you configure the First Name attribute to be an
attribute that is listed multiple times, EA3 will assume the first one found during an LDAP query is
the correct First Name. For Group Membership, EA3 will find all instances of that attribute.
Field Highlighting for changes
No changes are saved to EA3 on the Administration page unless you press an 'Apply Configuration' but-
ton on the normal tabs or a 'Confirmation' button on a popup panel.
For the 'Apply Configuration' buttons, when they are pressed, and successfully commit information to
EA3, you will see a brief (5-second) label appear indicating that the changes have been saved. The
same things happen when you Restore Configuration (e.g. after you made some changes and want
to revert back and you haven't pressed 'Restore Configuration' yet.
Note:
If you make changes on one tab (e.g. Application tab), and do not press Apply Configuration, and
then you navigate to another tab, your changes will be lost. The next time you navigate to this
tab, since the changes were never applied, you will see the old configuration. So, after making
changes on a tab, but before navigating to a different tab, you must press Apply Configuration.
Also, there are sometimes more than one Apply Configuration button on a given tab, so make
sure you press the one associated with the data you changed (the buttons are grouped with the
data they manage in a bordered panel).
To help the you understand what fields you may have changed, any changed fields are highlighted with
green text / borders, and the Apply Configuration button that must be pressed in order to commit the
changes. Below in Figure 5-43 is demonstrating field highlighting. You can see that several fields have
changed, and you should press the Apply Configuration button.
