Inepro Back Office Suite, Technical Manual

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Import from LDAP
Rem em ber connection
settings
All the connection setting including the log in settings w ill be kept.
Usernam e
(usernam e@dom ain)
A legitimate username on the domain w ith the necessary authentication.
Passw ord The passw ord of this username.
Anonym ous connection
Please check this option to make an anonymous connection w ith the server and skip the username and
passw ord.
Filter: Users only
By default w e filter during the connection on 'Users only'. But there are LDAP servers that do not support
this, in this case this option needs to be deselected, otherw ise no data w ill be show n.
Test Connection
The 'Test Connection' button can be used in tw o different w ays, firstly w hen the connection settings have
been entered the button can be pressed to check if a valid LDAP server is present at the inserted address.
When the account field are also set (username and passw ord) then the user is also authenticated.
LDAP Protocols
We support LDAP protocol version 2 and version 3.
Version 2
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Windows 2000 compatible
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Linux LDAP server compatible
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UMICH compatible
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OpenLDAP 1.X. compatible
Version 3
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Retrieve Base
Base DN is the root in the directory structure that points to the location that has the wanted user data. Base DN’s are
appointed by the server, most of the time 4 or 5 suggestions will be made. A local administrator should know which of
these is the correct one. With version 2 that will have to be set manually.
To request DN's on a Windows 2000 server despite using LDAP protocol version 2, if version 3 is used, then request the
DN settings and then switch back to version 2 (the connection would not work for Windows 2000 Server if it is not using
protocol version 2).
Secure Internet connection with SSL
A connection can be made by using the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) protocol, the default port that is used for this
connection is 639 (when in doubt consult the system administrator).
If no secure connection is used, the default port will be 389.
Log in to LDAP with user name
In some cases it is necessary to fill in the domain after the user name, it's usually not necessary, it depend on the local
settings of the LDAP server.
In some cases an anonymous connection is also supported, but this is often a 'read-only' connection which will only show
some fields, so this is not usable in most cases. This also depends on the local security settings.