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Chapter 3 Managing and Configuring Stage Manager

Authenticating Users Against LDAP

TheprocedurestoauthenticateLDAPusersdependonwhetherthelogged‐inStage

ManageradministratorwasauthenticatedusingLDAP.

To specify a user authentication method as a Stage Manager Administrator

already authenticated against the LDAP server

1Intheleftpane,clickSettings.

2Ifyouplantochangeauserfromanon‐LDAPdesignationtoanLDAP

designation,selecttheValidateLDAPUserswhenEditedcheckbox.

Because

theadministratorselectingthecheckboxisalreadyauthenticatedasan

LDAPuser,thischeckboxenablestheIsLDAPcheckboxonthepropertiespage

forusersandallowsStage Managertovalidatetheexistenceoftheuserinthe

ActiveDirectorydomain(seeStep 5).

3Intheleftpane,click

Users.

4MovethepointerovertheusernameandchoosePropertiesfromthemenu.

5Specifyanauthenticationmethod:

 SelectingtheIsLDAPcheckboxandclickingOKensuresthattheActive

Directorydomain,ratherthantheStage Manageruserdatabase,authenticates

thisuserwhenheorshelogsintotheWebconsole.See“LDAPBindingand

GroupStrings”onpage 100.

IfStage ManagercannotvalidatetheuserasanLDAP

user,amessageappears

notingtheissue.

 DeselectingtheIsLDAPcheckboxandclickingOKensuresthe

Stage Manageruserdatabase,ratherthananActiveDirectorydomain,

authenticatesthisuserwhenheorshelogsintotheWebconsole.

To specify the user authentication method as a Stage Manager Administrator

without LDAP server access

1Intheleftpane,clickSettings.

2 DeselecttheValidateLDAPUserswhenEditedcheckbox.

Thisactionactivates

theIsLDAPcheckboxdescribedinStep 5.

3Intheleftpane,clickUsers.

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