HP Device Manager 4.6 - LDAP Troubleshooting Guide

For HPDM inner users, HPDM authenticates by itself. When you use LDAP to log in to HPDM, the LDAP server authenticates
you and returns the result to HPDM (see Logging in as an LDAP user). The following chart is the basic flow of logging in to
HPDM as an LDAP user.
Figure 2. Logging in to HPDM as an LDAP user flow chart
Log in HPDM with LDAP user
LDAP Server
HPDM Console
HPDM Server
Start Console
Input LDAP
username and
password
Click OK button
Check if the username is
contained in HPDM inner
username list
Yes
Show Main Frame
Yes
Show error dialog
No
End
End
No
Check if the
username is
LDAP user in
HPDM
Verify username
password from
LDAP Server
Yes
Check if username
belongs to a LDAP
group
No
Yes
Legal username
and password
No
Verify username
password from
HPDM Server
Legal username
and password
Yes
No
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