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VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide

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Microsoft Active Directory and Stage Manager

Stage ManageradministratorscanconfigureStage Managertocreateandauthenticate

usercredentialsagainstanActiveDirectoryserverinsteadoftheStage Manageruser

database.Thissetupeasestheuseradministrationofthesystem.Insteadofmanually

creatingalltheuseraccounts,youenableanentirecompany(orsubset)ofusersby

pointingthe

installationtotheappropriateActiveDirectorydomainordomain

controller.

TopointStage ManagertoanActiveDirectorydomain,enteranLDAPbindingstring

andoptionalgroupspecificationintheadministratorsettingsareaoftheWebconsole.

See“LDAPBindingandGroupStrings”onpage 100.

Whenauserinitiallytriestolog

intoStage Managerwithanunknownlogin,

Stage ManagerchecksthecredentialsagainsttheActiveDirectorydomain.Ifthe

credentialssucceed,Stage Managercreatesanewdefaultuseraccount,marksthat

accountasanLDAPaccount,andlogstheuserintothesystem.

Administratorscanaltertherecordsofanexistinguser

andchangetheway

Stage Managerauthenticatesauser.Forexample,youcangiveanLDAPaccount

administrativeprivileges.YoucanalsospecifywhetherStage Managerauthenticates

usersusingtheActiveDirectorydomainortheStage Managerdatabase.

IfyoucreateauseraccountinStageManager,andtheLDAPserverhasanaccount

with

thesameusername,StageManageronlyauthenticatestheuseragainsttheStage

Manageraccount.TheLDAPcredentialsarenotvalidinStageManagerunlessyou

completeoneoftheseoptions:

 DeletetheStageManageraccountwiththatusername.

 IfyouareaStageManageradministratorauthenticatedagainanLDAPaccount,

logintoStageManager,edittheuserpropertiesfortheuseryouwantto

authenticateagainsttheLDAPserver,andselecttheIsLDAPcheckbox.

 IfyouareaStageManageradministratorwithoutanLDAPaccount,navigateto

theGeneraltaboftheSettingspage,deselecttheValidateLDAPUserswhen

Editedcheckbox,navigatetothepropertiesoftheuser,andselecttheIsLDAP

checkbox.

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