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2 Click the Settings tab.
3 Select the default extension timeout.
4 Select the default timeout action.
5 Click Apply.
Enable Blocking Tasks
You can configure certain tasks to be enabled for blocking tasks.
Procedure
1 Click the Administration tab and click Blocking Tasks in the left pane.
2 Click the Blocking Tasks tab.
3 Select the tasks to enable for blocking extensions
4 Click Apply.
Configuring the System LDAP Settings
You can configure vCloud Director to create user accounts and authenticate user credentials against an
LDAP server. Instead of manually creating user accounts, you can import LDAP users and groups by
pointing the installation to an LDAP server.
After you connect vCloud Director to an LDAP server, you can import system administrators from the
groups and users in the LDAP directory. You can also use the system LDAP settings to import users and
groups to an organization, or you can specify separate LDAP settings for each organization. An LDAP user
cannot log in to vCloud Director until you import them to the system or an organization.
When an imported LDAP user logs in to vCloud Director, vCloud Director checks the credentials of the user
against the LDAP directory. If the credentials are accepted, vCloud Director creates a user account and logs
the user in to the system.
vCloud Director does not support hierarchical domains for LDAP authentication.
vCloud Director cannot modify the information in your LDAP directory. You can add, delete, or modify
LDAP users or groups only in the LDAP directory itself.
You can control how often vCloud Director synchronizes user and group information with the LDAP
directory.
LDAP Support
vCloud Director supports various combinations of operating system, LDAP server, and authentication
method.
Table 9-2 displays a list of what vCloud Director supports.
Table 9‑2. Supported Combinations of Operating System, LDAP Server, and Authentication Method
Operating System LDAP Server Authentication Method
Windows 2003 Active Directory Simple
Windows 2003 Active Directory Simple SSL
Windows 2003 Active Directory Kerberos
Windows 2003 Active Directory Kerberos SSL
Windows 2008 Active Directory Simple
Windows 7 (2008 R2) Active Directory Simple
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