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  • [Utility]
    • [Administrator Settings]
      • [User Authentication/Account Track]
        • [External Server Settings]
          • [New]

When employing external server authentication, register the authentication server. When registering multiple authentication servers, register the one you want to normally use as the default value.

Select a number for registering the server and tap [New].

Settings

Description

[Server Name]

Enter the name of your authentication server (using up to 32 characters).

Assign an intuitive name to the authentication server to be registered.

[Server Type]

Select the type of the authentication server and set required information. The items you are able to configure will vary depending on the selected server type.

[Active Directory]

Register server information when Active Directory is used as the authentication server.

  • [Default Domain Name]: Enter the default domain name of your Active Directory (using up to 64 characters).

  • [Timeout]: Change the timeout interval for communication with Active Directory, if required.
    [60 sec.] is specified by default.

[NTLM v1]

Register server information when NTLM v1 is used as the authentication server.

  • [Default Domain Name]: Enter the default domain name of your authentication server (using up to 64 characters). Use uppercase letters for entering the default domain name.

[NTLM v2]

Register server information when NTLM v2 is used as the authentication server.

  • [Default Domain Name]: Enter the default domain name of your authentication server (using up to 64 characters). Use uppercase letters for entering the default domain name.

[NDS over IPX]

Register server information when NDS over IPX is used as the authentication server.

  • [Default NDS Tree Name]: Enter the default NDS tree name (using up to 63 characters).

  • [Default NDS Context Name]: Enter the default NDS context name (using up to 191 characters).

You can set this option by selecting [ON] in [Administrator Settings] - [Network Settings] - [NetWare Settings] - [IPX Settings].

[NDS over TCP/IP]

Register server information when NDS over TCP/IP is used as the authentication server.

  • [Default NDS Tree Name]: Enter the default NDS tree name (using up to 63 characters).

  • [Default NDS Context Name]: Enter the default NDS context name (using up to 191 characters).

[LDAP]

Register server information when LDAP is used as the authentication server.

  • [Server Address]: Enter your LDAP server address.

  • [Search Base]: Specify the starting point for searching a user (using up to 255 characters)

  • [SSL Setting]: Specify whether to use SSL for communications.[OFF] is specified by default.

  • [Port Number]: If necessary, change the port number.[389] is specified by default.

  • [Timeout]: Change the timeout interval for communication with the LDAP server, if required.[60] is specified by default.

  • [Authentication Type]: Select the authentication method to log in to the LDAP server. Select one appropriate for the authentication method used for your LDAP server.[Simple] is specified by default.

  • [Search Attribute(s)]: Enter the search attribute used in user account search (using up to 64 characters).[uid] is specified by default.

  • [Search Attributes Authentication]: Specify whether to have DN (Distinguished Name) generated automatically that is required for authentication by the LDAP server when [Simple] is selected for [Authentication Type]. Also, enter authentication information used for logging in to the LDAP server in order to search for the user ID.[No Limit] is specified by default.

  • To change the registered authentication server information, select the registration number and tap [Edit].

  • To delete the registered authentication server, select the registration number and tap [Delete].

  • When registering multiple authentication servers, select the authentication server that is normally used and then tap [Set as Default] to register it as the default.

  • Select [Enable] for [Temporarily Save Authentication Info.] to save the authentication information in the machine temporarily in case the authentication server gets down (Default: [Invalid]). If necessary, use [Reconnection Settings] to change the time to reconnect to the authentication server.
    [Reconnect for every login]: Connects to the authentication server at the time authentication is carried out on this machine. If the authentication server is in the shutdown state at the time authentication is carried out on this machine, first confirm that the authentication server is down, and use the temporarily saved authentication information to log in to this machine.
    [Set Reconnect Interval]: Connects to the authentication server at the time specified in [Reconnection Time], and check the status of the authentication server. If the authentication server is in the shutdown state, use the authentication information temporarily saved in the main unit to log in.