Strategy One

Configure Group Authentication

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication identifies users within a repository of users stored in an LDAP server (such as Novell Directory Services).

If you use an LDAP directory to centrally manage users in your environment, you may want to use LDAP authentication. Group membership can be maintained in the LDAP directory without having to also be defined in the Strategy Intelligence Server.

When using LDAP authentication, LDAP users or groups are linked to users or groups in the Strategy environment. You determine to which Strategy users or groups they are linked:

  • Import users or groups from the LDAP store into Strategy, so the linking is done automatically
  • Link them manually with the Group Editor in Workstation or Workstation
  • Link them using commands in Command Manager
  • Allow temporary links to the LDAP users group that has limited default privileges

Link a Group to an LDAP Group

    Open the Workstation page.

  1. In the Navigation pane, click Users & Groups.
  2. Click User Groups.
  3. Do one of the following:
    • To link an existing group, right-click it and choose Edit.
    • To create a new group, in the upper right, click Add New User Group.
  4. In the left pane, click Authentication.
  5. Enter the group's LDAP Distinguished Name (DN).
  6. Click Save or Create Group.