Copyright © TIBCO Software Inc. All rights reserved.
Copyright © TIBCO Software Inc. All rights reserved.


Chapter 4 Testing the LDAP Interface : Testing the Interface

Testing the Interface
To test the connection to the LDAP server and the data from the LDAP directory:
1.

 
[6] Test Connection

 
2.

 
Testing connection...
Connect successful.

 
If the attempt fails, information about the possible cause of the failure is shown. For example, the following error indicates a problem with the DN entry used to authenticate the connection. You should check the validity of the supplied name (and password).

 
Testing connection...
SW_LDAP_connect() failed : Error whilst binding to connection (-1230)
Press [ENTER] to continue...

 
3.

 
Do you wish to download user information from LDAP (Y/N):

 
If you enter N, the LDAPCONF menu is re-displayed.
If you enter Y, LDAPCONF searches the LDAP directory using the current search root and filter criteria and displays the number of matching entries found. For example:

 
Number of entries found : 10

 
4.
a.

 
iProcess Mapping/LDAP (S/L): s

 
b.
to the screen (S) or to a text file (F).

 
Output to File or Screen (F/S): s

 
The search results are displayed or written to the requested file.
Verifying the Data
You should use the information downloaded from the LDAP directory to verify your configuration settings, as follows:
1.
Examine the information downloaded in LDAP directory format (L) to check whether your search criteria are finding the appropriate entries in the LDAP directory. (See Defining Search Criteria.)
2.
Compare the information downloaded in iProcess format (S) and LDAP directory format (L) to check whether your defined mappings are converting the LDAP directory user data into the appropriate iProcess data. (See Mapping LDAP Directory Attributes to iProcess Properties.)
The following example shows an entry displayed in LDAP directory (L) format:

 
objectclass mhs-user
cn Andy Jones
sn Jones
iProcess PRODEF
description Senior Consultant
telephone +44 1234 123456
email AJones@acompany.com

 
The following example shows the same entry displayed in iProcess (S) format:

 
NAME Jones
DESCRIPTION Senior Consultant
LANGUAGE english
MENUNAME PRODEF
SORTMAIL PROCEDURE
GROUPUSERS
ROLEUSER

 
In the above examples:
the iProcess LDAP directory attribute is mapped to the iProcess MENUNAME attribute.
Note that:

Copyright © TIBCO Software Inc. All rights reserved.
Copyright © TIBCO Software Inc. All rights reserved.