Using Active Directory user import

If you have selected Microsoft Active Directory as the source of the import, you have to configure connection parameters.

If you have added all the required connection parameters, you can test the connection by pressing the Test Connection button. You can start the import by pressing the Start reading from LDAP button.

The following table describes each field.

Name

Description

LDAP Host

Host name or IP address of the server, which runs the Active Directory server.

LDAP Port

Port setting for LDAP server.

Default: 389

LDAP User DN

LDAP user distinguished name. The user login parameter.

Example: CN=Jeff Smith,OU=Sales,DC=Fabrikam,DC=COM 

LDAP Password

Password for the LDAP connection.

Search DN

This property defines the proper LDAP object.

Example: OU=VERBA, DC=LOCALNET, DC=local

Search Filter

Search parameter for getting the user attributes.

Default: (objectclass=person)

Name 1. Attribute

This LDAP attribute will be the first name of the user.

Default: cn

Login Name Attribute

This LDAP attribute will be the login name for the user.

Default: sAMAccountName

Name 2. Attribute

This LDAP attribute will be the last name of the user.

E-mail Attribute

This LDAP attribute will be the e-mail address of the user.

Default: mail

Password (MD5) Attribute

This LDAP attribute will be the password of the user. Only values, hashed by MD5 are acceptable.

If missing, the login name will be used.

Phone Number Attribute

This LDAP attribute will be used for user extension assignment.

Default: telephoneNumber

Phone Number Separator

If more than 1 phone number is entered in the previous field, you have to define the separator character.

Default: -

Character Encoding

Characters stored in the LDAP by this encoding.

Default: ISO-8859-1