User's Guide

AirTight Management Console Configuration
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Field Description
Base Distinguished Name
The base distinguished name of the directory to which you
want to connect, for example, o=democorp, c=au.
Distinguished Name is a unique identifier of an entry in the
Directory Information Tree (DIT). The name is the
concatenation of Relative Distinguished Names (RDNs)
from the top of the DIT down to the entry in question.
Filter String
This is a mandatory argument. It is a string specifying the
attributes (existing or new) that the LDAP server uses to
filter users. For example, IsUser=A. By specifying a filter
string you can allow or disallow login access to a particular
OU or Group of user defined in the AD.
You can specify a DN (Distinguish Name) of any particular
group to allow access to only those who are member of that
group. For example, memberOf=DC=GroupName,DC=com.
You can include members from multiple groups by using an
OR condition. For example, to allow access to users under
Base DN who are member of any of the two groups, Airtight
Admins OR Airtight Reviewer, you must include the
following filter string:
(|(memberOf=CN=AirTight
Admins,DC=AirTight,DC=Com)(memberOf=CN=Airtight
Reviewer,DC=AirTight,DC=Com))
Similarly, to allow access to users under Base DN who are
member of both Airtight Admins AND Airtight Reviewer
groups, you must include the following filter string:
(&(memberOf=CN=AirTight
Admins,DC=AirTight,DC=Com)(memberOf=CN=Airtight
Reviewer,DC=AirTight,DC=Com))
You can have alternative configurations in AD such as,
adding a new attribute, say ATNWIFI, to the users in AD
that are granted access and then set filter string to allow
users with that attribute only. For example, filter string =
ATNWIFI
You can also create a new group of users in AD with access
granted and include the group in filter string.
The most general filter string you can use is
'objectClass=*'.You can use this string when you do not
want to filter out any LDAP entry.
User ID Attribute
The string defined in the LDAP schema that the system
uses to identify the user.(Default: cn)
6. If the directory does not allow an anonymous search, you must configure user credentials to search
the LDAP compliant directory. Configure the user credentials as described in the following table.
Field Description
Admin User DN
The DN of the admin user to be used to authenticate in to
the LDAP server.
Append User DN
Select this option if the base DN specified in the LDAP
Configuration Details must be appended to the admin user
DN
Password
The password for the admin user.