LDAP search settings

Table 1.
LDAP search setting Description
Base search DN This should be the root of the tree in LDAP, underneath which your users and groups are defined.
User UID attribute Name of the attribute that contains the user’s login name:
  • For Active Directory: sAMAccountName
  • For LDAP: uid
Custom search filter This can be used to further constrain user search results. It can also be used to filter out non-user entries in LDAP that are present in the user directory.
Test LDAP search Enter a user name and click Test Search to test searching for a user. This will query the LDAP directory for the given user. If found, it will display the number of records located.
Note: Before continuing to configure LDAP, it’s highly recommended that this query returns successfully.