Bypassing Mailbox Passwords To Respond To Corporate Mandates; Agent Passwords; Facilitating Access To Remote Servers - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

You and users can use some of the same methods to bypass LDAP passwords as you can use for
bypassing GroupWise passwords. See
Passwords" on page 1153
For more information about LDAP passwords, see
Passwords Stored in an LDAP Directory," on page
74.1.5 Bypassing Mailbox Passwords to Respond to Corporate
Mandates
Sometimes it is necessary to access user mailboxes to meet corporate mandates such as virus
scanning, content filtering, or e-mail auditing that might be required during litigation. These types of
mailbox access are obtain using trusted applications, third-party programs that can log into Post
Office Agents (POAs) in order to access GroupWise mailboxes. For more information about using
trusted application to bypass mailbox passwords, see
page 74

74.2 Agent Passwords

Agent passwords facilitate access to remote servers where domains, post office, and document
storage areas are located and access to eDirectory for synchronization of user information between
GroupWise and eDirectory. They also protect GroupWise Monitor and the agent Web consoles from
unauthorized access.
Section 74.2.1, "Facilitating Access to Remote Servers," on page 1155
Section 74.2.2, "Facilitating Access to eDirectory," on page 1156
Section 74.2.3, "Protecting the Agent Web Consoles," on page 1156
Section 74.2.4, "Protecting the GroupWise Monitor Web Console," on page 1157

74.2.1 Facilitating Access to Remote Servers

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If the NetWare POA runs on a server other than where the post office database and directory
structure are located, it needs to log in to that remote server using an existing username and
password. There are several ways to provide this information:
Fill in the Remote User Name and Remote Password fields on the Post Office Settings page of
the Post Office object in ConsoleOne
Add the /dn startup switch to the POA startup file to provide the fully distinguished name of the
NetWare POA object
Add the /user and /password
password
The Windows POA also needs username and password information if it needs to access a document
storage area on a server other than the one where the post office database and directory structure are
located. The three methods listed above can be used for this situation as well. The Windows POA
does not need username and password information in order to access the post office directory
because it should already have a drive mapped to that location.
"Accepting eDirectory Authentication Instead of GroupWise
and "Allowing Windows to Cache GroupWise Passwords" on page
Section 76.3, "Authenticating to GroupWise with
startup switches to the POA startup file to provide a username and
1169.
Section 4.12, "Trusted Applications," on
1153.
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