Switch preferences: Active Directory settings

Active Directory Settings are only relevant if you want to use your existing Active Directory user accounts to define access rights for SwitchClient and/or Remote Designer. For more information, refer to Setting up Switch users.

Double-clicking Active Directory information, displays a dialog with the following fields:

Property Description
Server address

Address of the Active Directory server.

Example: SERVER001.enfocus.com
Server port

Port number of the Active Directory server.

Example: 389

LDAP version

The version of the LDAP protocol used on your Active Directory server.

Example: 2 or 3 (default)

Base DN Distinguished name to be used as the search base.

Example:

Usually, users and user groups are located under the domain name. If users are stored in the folder enfocus.com, the base DN is: DC=enfocus;DC=com.

Note: If you don't know the base DN, you can leave it empty. Once you have executed an AD directory query, it will be filled in automatically.
User User name to log on to the Active Directory server.

The user name is usually preceded by the domain name.

Example: enfocus\user1

Password Password to log on to the Active Directory server.
Note: To verify the connection to the Active Directory server, click the Test connection button.