Crowd supports read-only connections to Apple OS X Open Directory services.
Crowd's Apple Open Directory support is read-only Currently, you cannot add or update user details or group details in a Crowd-connected Apple OS X Open Directory server. Users will not be able to change their passwords from Crowd or from Crowd-connected applications.
Screenshot: Connector — Apple OS X Open Directory
Attribute
Description
Connector
The directory connector to use when communicating with the directory server.
URL
The connection URL to use when connecting to the directory server, e.g.: ldap://localhost:389, or port 639 for SSL.
Secure SSL
Specifies whether the connection to the directory server is an SSL connection.
Use Node Referrals
Specifies whether to use the JNDI lookup java.naming.referral option.
Use the User Membership Attribute
Put a tick in the checkbox if your directory supports the group membership attribute on the user. (By default, this is the 'memberOf' attribute.) For instructions on enabling this feature in your directory, please refer to the OpenLDAP documentation.
If this checkbox is ticked, Crowd will use the group membership attribute on the user when retrieving the members of a given group. This will result in a more efficient retrieval.
If this checkbox is not ticked, Crowd will use the members attribute on the group ('member' by default) for the search.
Use Paged Results
Specifies whether to use the LDAP control extension for simple paged results option. Retrieves chunks of data rather than all of the results at once.
Base DN
The root distinguished name to use when running queries against the directory server, e.g.: o=acmecorp,c=com.
User DN
The distinguished name of the user that Crowd will use when connecting to the directory server.
Password
The password that Crowd will use when connecting to the directory server.
Group Relationships
Crowd will check both the gidNumber and the memberUid attributes to determine if a user is a member of a group. The name of the gidNumber attribute is not configurable — Crowd will always use this attribute to determine membership.
The RFC 2307 schema does not support nesting of groups, so Crowd does not support nested groups in Apple Open Directory.
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