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LDAP Configuration with FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications

Summary

This article discusses the fields that need to be configured for LDAP support.

Synopsis

FlexNet Manager can be configured to retrieve user information from a LDAP directory service. However, if the configuration is incorrect, the following or similar errors are seen:

Failed to display the domain users because of an unknown domain error. Please contact the FLEXnet administrator. (platform.exceptions.ExternalDomainException # 2884-3144)

This article discusses the fields that need to be configured for LDAP support.


Discussion

The fields below are required by FLEXnet Manager in order to support the Microsoft LDAP service.

DOMAIN SPECIFIC INFORMATION:
These items may need to be obtained from your IT department.

Name
Host
Port
Base Distinguished Name
Domain Login
Domain Password

GENERAL INFORMATION:

User Search Filter :- (objectclass=person)
User Display Name Attribute :- CN
Authorization Search Filter :- sAMAccountName={0}
Authorization Search Attribute :- sAMAccountName
Group Search Filter :- (objectclass=group)
Group Name Attribute :- memberOf
Group Display Detail Attribute :- CN

Additional Information

The actual values for the domain specific fields must be obtained from your company's IT Department, or the individual who configured the LDAP service.

For more information regarding LDAP, please refer to the FlexNet Manager Online Help.
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LDAP Configuration with FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications