The default
Jive SBS
settings for LDAP will query for
all users and groups available at the connection
you specify; all of these users and groups will become application users and groups. If
this isn't what you want, you can use an LDAP filter expression to limit the data
retrieved from your server. You can also opt to use user data from your LDAP server, but
not use its groups, instead defining groups using the application.
Note: The
application's use of LDAP user and group data is read-only; you can't make changes
to LDAP data using the application.
As you use the setup tool to configure the application to use LDAP, you can make specific
settings to meet your needs. The tool's three-step wizard includes separate steps for
specifying which users to include and specifying which groups (if any) to include.
Here are a few common scenarios. You'll find more details below on how to get these
results.
- Add all users and groups available from the LDAP server. This is the typical result
when you accept default values for LDAP.
- Add only certain users, such as by limiting to those in a specific group or those
who have a specific attribute. You do this in the setup tool by filtering users with
a user filter LDAP expression.
- Add only certain groups from the LDAP server. As with users, you can use an LDAP
filter to retrieve particular group data from your LDAP server.
- Don't add any group data from LDAP; instead, specify that you will define groups
using the UI. The groups you define will be stored in the application database, not
the LDAP server. You can do this in the setup tool by opting not to use LDAP groups,
then defining groups using the admin console.