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Configuring Contenta for LDAP on a Contenta Server on Linux

Procedure

  1. Access your Contenta Linux Server.
  2. Navigate to /pdm/bin/ and open the file pdm.cshrc for editing.
  3. Find the following line:
    setenv XYE_PDM_AUTHENTICATION INTERNAL
  4. On this line, change INTERNAL to LDAP
  5. Save and close the file, and then source it .
  6. From the distr/Oracle.bin/ subdirectory of your Contenta_home directory, copy the configuration file xyldap.cfg to the bin/ subdirectory of your Contenta_home directory.
  7. Configure LDAP for your environment and situation. See the following for more information:
    • Configuring your LDAP environment contains a set of configuration tasks you can perform.

    • The xyldap.cfg configuration file contains a self-documented sample file.

    • Settings, default, and description for the xyldap.cfg file for a reference of all the settings in the file.

  8. Restart PcmPortal.