Version 2021

How to Link a Group to an LDAP Group

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication identifies users within a repository of users stored in an LDAP server (such as Novell Directory Services).

If you use an LDAP directory to centrally manage users in your environment, you may want to use LDAP authentication. Group membership can be maintained in the LDAP directory without having to also be defined in the MicroStrategy Intelligence Server.

When using LDAP authentication, LDAP users or groups are linked to users or groups in the MicroStrategy environment. You determine to which MicroStrategy users or groups they are linked:

  • Import users or groups from the LDAP store into MicroStrategy, and the linking is done automatically

  • Link them manually using the User Editor or Group Editor

  • Link them using commands in the Command Manager

  • Allow temporary links to the LDAP Users group that has limited privileges as a default

  • MicroStrategy groups are automatically linked to LDAP groups if the group is imported from LDAP.

  • Novell International Cryptographic Infrastructure (NICI) version 1.57 for Windows 95/98/NT/2000 (dated 01 August 2001) is required for Novell SSL connections when using Novell eDirectory.

  1. Access the Intelligence Server Administrator page. (How?)

  2. Hover over the Properties column and click Open Intelligence Server Administration Portal .
  3. Click User Manager . A list of the user groups that reside on the Intelligence Server appears.
  4. Browse to the group to modify.

  5. In the Actions column, select the Edit icon for the group to modify. The Group Editor opens.

  6. On the Authentication tab, enter the group's distinguished name in the LDAP login field.

  7. Click OK.

Related Topics

How to Add Members to a Group

How to Assign Access Privileges to a Group

How to Create a Group

How to Enable the Web Guest User Account

How to Modify a Group

How to Remove Members from a Group

How to Assign Security Filters to Users and Groups

User Editor: Authentication Tab

Group Editor: Authentication Tab