Chapter 6 - Using Active Directory With Faxfinder; Enabling Active Directory; Active Directory Settings - Multitech FaxFinder FF240-IP Administrator's Manual

USING ACTIVE DIRECTORY WITH FAXFINDER
Chapter 6 – Using Active Directory with FaxFinder

Enabling Active Directory

If your organization uses Active Directory to authenticate and authorize users, configure FaxFinder to allow Active
Directory users to log in and send faxes.
Important: Before you enable Active Directory in FaxFinder, configure your Active Directory schema to work
with FaxFinder. For details, refer to Configuring Active Directory for Use with FaxFinder.
1. Go to System Configuration > Active Directory.
2. Check Allow LDAP authentication.
3. Enter Active Directory User Settings and Active Directory Server Settings. Refer to Active Directory
Server Settings for details.
4. Click Save.
5. Click Test Connection to verify that the Active Directory Server is configured correctly.
6. Add Active Directory Users. Refer to Adding Active Directory Users for details.

Active Directory Settings

Field
Inbound Routing rule
for existing fax
extension
Auto synchronize with
AD FF Users group
Sync at
Sync on
Hostname
Port
Use SSL
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Description
Add to the existing destination.
Replace the existing destination.
Skip adding to the Inbound Routing.
Check to allow FaxFinder to automatically synchronize with the Active Directory database.
When enabled, use Sync at and Sync on to schedule automatic synchronization.
If you enabled auto synchronize, select the time you want FaxFinder to synchronize with
Active Directory. Select Hour and Minute from the drop-down listed.
If you enabled auto synchronize, select when you want FaxFinder to synchronize with
Active Directory.
Option
Day of Month
Month
Day of Week
Enter the Active Directory Server IP address.
Enter the port number you want FaxFinder to use to connect to the Active Directory
server. The default port number is 389 when SSL is disabled and 636 when SSL is enabled.
Check this if you want to use a secure connection to communicate with Active Directory.
Enabling this feature automatically changes the port number used to connect to the
Active Directory server.
FaxFinder
Description
Select Every Day of Month or a specific date. To synchronize
FaxFinder with Active Directory on the 5th day of every
month, set this to 5.
Select Every Month or specific month.
Select Every Day of Week or select specific day.
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