Managing LDAP accounts

Since Enterprise authentication is the default authentication method for Crystal Enterprise, it is automatically enabled when you first install Crystal Enterprise. When you add and manage users and groups, Crystal Enterprise maintains the user and group information within its database. To use LDAP authentication, you need to first ensure that you have your respective LDAP directory set up. For more information about LDAP, refer to your LDAP documentation. For more information on the LDAP security plug-in, see LDAP security plug-in.

Note:    When you install Crystal Enterprise, the LDAP authentication plug-in is installed automatically, but not enabled by default.

This section describes tasks related to LDAP accounts in Crystal Enterprise. In particular, it includes information on:

• Configuring LDAP authentication and mapping LDAP accounts
• Mapping LDAP groups
• Unmapping LDAP users and groups
• Viewing mapped LDAP users and groups in Crystal Enterprise
• Changing LDAP connection parameters and member groups
• Managing multiple LDAP hosts
• Using account aliases for LDAP
• Troubleshooting LDAP accounts