Web Manager “Config” Menu Options > Configuring Authentication > Configuring an LDAP Authentication Server

Configuring an LDAP Authentication Server
When an administrative user goes to Config Æ Authentication and selects LDAP from the “Authentication Type” pull-down menu, the fields shown in the following figure appear.
Config Æ Authentication: LDAP
If an LDAP authentication server has not previously been configured, the fields are empty. If an LDAP authentication server has previously been configured, the fields are filled in.
To configure an LDAP server, the administrative user must obtain the needed information about the LDAP server from the server’s administrator and fill in the fields and check the checkbox, as desired. The following fields and checkbox display when the LDAP authentication type is selected:
LDAP Base—The distinguished name of the search base
The default distinguished name is “dc,” as in dc=value,dc=value. For example, if the distinguished name on the LDAP server is “o,” then replace dc in the base field with o, as in o=value,o=value.
The domain name is specified as shown in the following example. For the LDAP domain name cyclades.com, the correct entry would be: dc=cyclades,dc=com.
You can enter information in the following three fields, but entries are not required:
LDAP Login Attribute (defaults to UID)
To Configure an LDAP Authentication Server
Perform this procedure to configure an authentication server when the OnBoard or any of its connected devices is to use the LDAP authentication method or any of its variations (Local/LDAP, LDAP/Local, or LDAP Down/Local).
Work with the LDAP server’s administrator to ensure that following types of accounts are set up on the LDAP server and that the administrators of the OnBoard and connected devices know the passwords assigned to the accounts:
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Go to Config Æ Authentication and select LDAP from the “Authentication Type” pull-down menu.
The “LDAP” form displays with “LDAP Server” and “LDAP Base” fields filled in from the current values in the /etc/ldap.conf file.
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If the LDAP authentication server uses a different distinguished name for the search base than the one displayed in the “LDAP” Base field, change the definition.
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The changes are stored in /etc/ldap.conf on the OnBoard.

Web Manager “Config” Menu Options > Configuring Authentication > Configuring an LDAP Authentication Server