
Documentation for Crowd 1.6. Documentation for other versions of Crowd is available too.
This page provides configuration notes for Fedora Directory Server (Fedora DS). This page is related to Configuring an LDAP Directory Connector.
Crowd supports read-only connections to Fedora DS using the Posix/NIS schema RFC 2307.
Crowd's Fedora DS support is read-only
Currently, you cannot add or update user details or group details in a Crowd-connected Fedora Directory server. Users will not be able to change their passwords from Crowd or from Crowd-connected applications.
Screenshot: Connector — Fedora DS
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.: |
Secure SSL |
Specifies whether the connection to the directory server is an SSL connection. |
Use Node Referrals |
Specifies whether to use the JNDI lookup |
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.
|
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.: |
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. |
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 Fedora DS.
Go back to Configuring an LDAP Directory Connector.
Using Apache Directory Studio for Crowd LDAP Configuration
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