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The basic settings of the LDAP-connection can be adapted in tim-ldap.properties. In order to bring the make the connection compatible with the customer-needs, the file must be edited in a simple text editor.

Please contact the administrator to learn the LDAP-attributes or find more information at http://www.selfadsi.de/.

ldap.properties

#Here, the BaseDN is given, onto which the TIM builds the connection. This "index" is not changeable 
basedn=DC=tim,DC=local
#The host name or the IP of the LDAP server
host=salvator
#Denotes the port of the LDAP server
port=389
#Denotes the use, with which the connection should be made. This requires only reading rights in LDAP
username=ldapsync
#The appropriate user password
password=geheimgeheim
#Here, the type of authorization may be denoted
authentication=simple
#The number of milliseconds elapsed until the connection should be broken  
timeout=60000
#### Entries for the LDAP-Sync ####
# === Group entries ===
#Here the user may define the appearance of the groups that TIM works through in the LSAP sync. Example: (member=TIM-*) searches for all groups beginning with "TIM-"
group.search=(member=*)
#Denotes which attribute of the acticedirectory group should be used for the group name 
group.name=cn
#This should remain "member" because this attribute is interpreted as the user in TIM
group.member=member
 
# === User-Entries ===
#Denotes which class of objects (contacts, global groups, etc.) should be searched for by TIM in LDAP. Generally remains as "user" 
user.search=(objectClass=user)
#Here the LDAP attribute, which is to be used for the E-mail address, may be selected
user.mail=mail
#Here the LDAP attribute, which is to be used for the first name, may be selected
user.firstname=givenName
#Here the LDAP attribute, which is to be used for the surname, may be selected
user.lastname=sn
#Here the LDAP attribute, which is to be used for the user name, may be selected
user.name=samaccountname
#Here the LDAP attribute, which is to be used for the manager, may be selected
user.supervisor=manager
#OPTIONAL: Here the LDAP attribute, which is to be used for the password, may be selected 
#user.password=cn
 
# ===Technical entries ===
#Must be set, may NOT be changed!
contextfactory=com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory