Settings, default, and description for the xyldap.cfg File
| Setting | Default Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ldap_host | No default | Describes the type of authentication that is used on the LDAP server. The hostname of the LDAP server. When specifying more than one LDAP server, specify each with an |
| ldap_port | Depends on ldap_ssl setting | The port number of the LDAP server. When specifying more than one LDAP server, set a matching Settings: 389 - no SSL, when 636 - SSL connection, when |
| ldap_ssl | FALSE | Describes whether to use ssl for communication with the LDAP server. |
| certdbpath | Contenta_home > bin (where Contenta_home is the top-level path where Contenta is installed.) Comment out when using Active Directory | Path to the database containing certificates for your client. You can specify the path to the directory containing the certificate database. The function assumes that the database file is named cert7.db. To override, you can include the database filename in the path. |
| ldap_authentication | LDAP_AUTH_SIMPLE | Describes the type of authentication that is used on the LDAP server. Example: ldap_authentication: Values: -or-
Values for the SASL mechanism.
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| ldap_find_user_by_attr | FALSE | Finds and authenticate LDAP user by specified attribute. The Principal account should be set for this search. |
| ldap_base_dn | No default | Base DN (distinctive name) in LDAP. Example: |
| ldap_principal_dn | No default Comment-out when using Active Directory | Principal DN (distinctive name) that might be used for search if LDAP user credentials are not good enough to search for the attributes such as: This flag should be set to use Principal is the LDAP path to the user (see example below). Example:
The DN suffix for the LDAP user. The name of the attribute that contains the LDAP user name.
Example: |
| is_contenta_user_check | FALSE | Check if the user is a valid Contenta user. Values
Example: If the value is TRUE then See: Login Error Messages for additional information. |
| is_contenta_user_attr is_contenta_user_attr_rdn contenta_login_name_check | No default Empty string FALSE | The name of the attribute that indicates whether the user is a valid Contenta user. The attribute has to have Boolean type.
Contenta accepts TRUE or FALSE as the attribute value; the default is FALSE.
Example: Relative DN (distinctive name) to the attribute specified by If nothing is set, Contenta assumes that attribute is located on the same level as a user or a parent node. Example: Check for the Contenta login name. Values: If the value is See Login Error Messages for additional information. |
| contenta_login_name_check_ sysadmin_only | FALSE | If this flag sets to If the value is set to something else or does not exist it is ignored and the name typed in Contenta is used as a user login name. Values: If the value is |
| contenta_login_name_attr | No default | The name of the attribute that contains the Contenta login name. This attribute is checked if |