TIBCO Spotfire Server 3.2.2 - TIBCO Product Documentation

Authentication and User Directory
Context
Referral mode
Username attribute
Authentication attribute
Custom LDAP Properties
This option specifies which context or contexts of the
LDAP directory you wish to read users from. A
context can be an Organizational Unit, a Common
Name, or any other container containing users. Use the
Browse button to browse and select from the LDAP
directory tree. You can also type the name of a context
directly into the field.
In a large LDAP Directory, different parts of the
directory tree may be stored on different servers.
When a search for users is made on one server, the
result can therefore be a referral to a different server.
This setting decides whether to conduct a follow-up
search for the users in question on the referred server.
The options are Follow, Ignore or Throw. The default
and recommended value is Follow.
In an LDAP Directory, a number of attributes are
stored for each user. The actual username can be called
different things on different brands of LDAP servers.
If you select one of the LDAP directory server types
listed under Server Type, this option will be preselected,
but if you use a custom LDAP directory
server, you will need to specify which user attribute is
the username.
This option specifies which user attribute should be
used to authenticate the user. In almost all cases, this is
the same as Username attribute and should not be
specified.
If you authenticate with a custom LDAP server, you
may in some cases need to specify custom LDAP
properties here. In most situations, however, you may
leave this blank.
If you lack any of this information, you need to speak to the person in charge of the
LDAP system within your organization that can assist you before you can set up
LDAP.
8.2.2 Spotfire Database
With this authentication method, all usernames and passwords are stored in the
Spotfire database. This is the “stand-alone” solution, where no external authentication
is used. No external configuration is required to set this up, but in return all users must
be manually added using the Administration Manager tool found in the Spotfire client.
This is recommended when no existing infrastructure can be used, or when the
Spotfire system should be independent of any other systems.
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