
11: User Authentication
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LDAP allows SLB users to authenticate using a wide variety of LDAP servers, such as
OpenLDAP and Microsoft Active Directory. The LDAP implementation supports LDAP
servers that do not allow anonymous queries.
Users who are authenticated through LDAP are granted device port access through the
port permissions on this page.
All LDAP users are members of a group that has predefined user rights associated with
it. You can add additional user rights that are not defined by the group.
To configure the SLB branch office manager to use LDAP to authenticate users:
1. Click the
User Authentication
tab and select
LDAP
. The following page displays.
2. Enter the following:
Enable LDAP
Displays selected if you enabled this method on the first User
Authentication page. If you want to set up this authentication
method but not enable it immediately, clear the checkbox.
Server
The IP address or host name of the LDAP server.
Port
Number of the TCP port on the LDAP server to which the SLB
branch office manager talks. The default is
389
.