Kofax Front-Office Server 3.0 - Manual (Page 13)

Kofax Front-Office Server Administrator’s Guide
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Warning Before deleting a linked user from directory services, make sure that user’s Kofax Front-
Office Server Web Client Inbox is empty.
Connecting to Active Directory
By default, Kofax Front-Office Server will connect to Active Directory in the domain, and will use
the account used to run the KofaxServer service. Departmental installation can use the Local
System account, which is the predefined local account used by the service control manager, and
which has unrestricted access to Active Directory Domain Services. Enterprise installations
require a domain user, which is specified during installation.
The following conditions apply when using an Active Directory connection:
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The computer running Kofax Front-Office Server must be on the Windows domain where
the Active Directory server is running.
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The KofaxServer service must be run using either a domain user (Enterprise or
Departmental installations) or the Local System account (Departmental installations).
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For a directory services user to log on to the Administration Console or the Web Client, the
sAMAccount name, not the common name, must be used. There is no way to configure
authentication using common name.
Connecting to LDAP
To connect to your LDAP server, you must configure the \conf\avalin_security.properties file
and restart Kofax Front-Office Server.
X To configure an LDAP server connection
1 In the \conf folder, locate the avalin_security.properties file and open it in a text editor.
a
Comment out the property:
#type=ActiveDirectory
b Uncomment the property:
type=Ldap
2
Edit the url property to change “localhost” to the LDAP computer.
3
Following the commented information in the file, change any other properties to reflect
your configuration, including whether you want users to log on using the common name
(the default) or uncomment
useAttrAsUserName=sAMAccountName
.
4 Save the file.
5 Stop and restart Kofax Front-Office Server. Restarting encrypts the password and
obfuscates the password in the properties file.
To Disconnect from Directory Service
To disconnect from directory services, you must configure the \conf\avalin_security.properties
file and restart Kofax Front-Office Server.
X To disconnect from directory services
1 In the \conf folder, locate the avalin_security.properties file and open it in a text editor.
a
Comment out the property: