Nortel Networks 5500 series User Manual

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Configuring authentication

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Table 37
Configuring LDAP settings (cont’d.)

/cfg/doamin #/aaa/auth #/ldap

followed by:

login name is

bill

. If the user attribute

is defined as

sAMAccountName

, the user

record for Bill Smith will be found.
The

isdbinddn

and

isdbindpas

parameters are required so that the Nortel
SNAS can authenticate itself to the LDAP
server, in order to search the DIT.

isdbinddn <DN>

Specifies an entry in the LDAP server used
to authenticate the Nortel SNAS to the LDAP
server, so that the LDAP DIT can be searched.

The

isdBindDN

corresponds to an entry

created in the Schema Admins account (for
example,

cn=ldap ldap, cn=Users,

dc=example, dc=com

).

Required for

searchbase

and

userattr

method 2.

isdbindpas <password>

Specifies the password used to authenticate
the Nortel SNAS to the LDAP server. The

isdbindpas

is the password, configured in

the Schema Admins account, for the entry
referenced in

isdBindDN

.

Required for

searchbase

and

userattr

method 2.

ldapmacro

Accesses the LDAP Macro menu, in order
to manage macros (see

“Managing LDAP

macros” (page 195)

).

enaldaps true|false

If true, makes LDAP requests between the
Nortel SNAS and the LDAP server occur over
a secure SSL connection (LDAPS). The default
is false. Retain the default value or reset to

false

.

ATTENTION

The default TCP port number used by the
LDAP protocol is 389. If LDAPS is enabled,
change the port number to 636.

Nortel Secure Network Access Switch

Using the Command Line Interface

NN47230-100

03.01

Standard

28 July 2008

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