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To define a user directory:
1. In the Advanced Server Security page of the Administrator, click the User
Directories button.
2. Enter a name for the user directory in the User Directory text box and click Add.
The name you enter here is an internal name that ColdFusion uses to refer to this
user directory. You can enter any name you want.
You see the New User Directory page.
3. Select Windows NT, LDAP , or ODBC in the Namespace drop-down menu.
4. Enter the appropriate information the Location field:
If your user directory is an LDAP directory, enter the name of the LDAP server
that hosts the directory.
If your user directory is an ODBC data source, enter the fully-qualified name of
the database file to use.
If your user directory is an NT Domain, enter the domain name.
5. Enter a username and password if the domain, directory, or data source requires
one. You can leave these fields blank if ColdFusion Server is running under
Administrator access.
6. Select the Secure Connect check box to implement encrypted transmission of
authentication information. Secure Connect must be enabled when accessing an
LDAP server over Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
7. Leave the Add User Directory to Existing Security Context check box selected to
add users from this user directory to existing security contexts automatically. If
you disable this option, you must manually associate users with each security
context you create.
8. If your user directory is an NT Domain or ODBC data source, click Add to define
the directory. If your user directory is an LDAP directory, complete the steps that
follow to set LDAP directory options.
To define LDAP options:
1. Enter a Search Root. The Search Root must point to the branch of the LDAP tree
where a user namespace logically begins. Typically, this branch represents an
"organization" or an "organizational unit" and corresponds to one user directory.
2. Enter a Lookup Start. ColdFusion uses the Lookup Start to construct the non-
unique beginning of the DN string, for example, uid=.
3. Enter a Lookup End. ColdFusion uses the Lookup End to construct the part of the
DN string that follows user ID, for example, ou=marketing,o=widgetinc.com.
4. Enter a Search Timeout. The Search Timeout indicates the maximum amount of
time (in seconds) you want ColdFusion to spend searching a directory.
5. Enter the maximum number of results you want the search to return in the Search
Results field.
Administering ColdFusion Server