Ldap Directories; Accessing Public Ldap Directories From Groupwise; Offering The Groupwise Address Book As An Ldap Directory; Authenticating To Groupwise With Passwords Stored In An Ldap Directory - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

LDAP Directories

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LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is a standard Internet protocol for accessing
commonly used network directories. If you are new to GroupWise
useful to review TID 2955731: GroupWise and LDAP in the
/www.novell.com/support)
book-related ways that GroupWise makes use of LDAP. This section briefly summarizes the address
book usages of LDAP and explains how LDAP can also be used to store security information such
as passwords and certificates for use with GroupWise.
Section 76.1, "Accessing Public LDAP Directories from GroupWise," on page 1169
Section 76.2, "Offering the GroupWise Address Book as an LDAP Directory," on page 1169
Section 76.3, "Authenticating to GroupWise with Passwords Stored in an LDAP Directory," on
page 1169
Section 76.4, "Accessing S/MIME Certificates in an LDAP Directory," on page 1170
See also Part XVII, "Security Policies," on page
76.1 Accessing Public LDAP Directories from
GroupWise
The GroupWise client uses LDAP to provide access to directory services such as Bigfoot* and
Switchboard*. This enables GroupWise users to select e-mail addresses from these popular
directory services and add them to their personal GroupWise address books. See
Address Book" in "Contacts and Address
76.2 Offering the GroupWise Address Book as
an LDAP Directory
The GroupWise Internet Agent uses LDAP to make the GroupWise address book available to any
LDAP-enabled client. This enables users of other e-mail clients to define GroupWise address books
as LDAP directories from which they can select e-mail addresses. See
LDAP Services," on page
76.3 Authenticating to GroupWise with
Passwords Stored in an LDAP Directory
Enabling LDAP authentication for the POA is independent of these LDAP address book features.
You need to enable LDAP authentication when you want the POA to authenticate the user's
password in an LDAP directory rather than looking for a password in the user's GroupWise account
information. The POA can make use of the following LDAP capabilities:
Section 76.3.1, "Access Method," on page 1170
Section 76.3.2, "LDAP Username," on page 1170
This TID provides an overview of LDAP and explains the two address-
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"Using the LDAP
GroupWise 8 Windows Client User
Section 46.3, "Configuring
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