Anonymous And Non-Anonymous Searching; Binddnfile; Automatic Updates To Directory Configuration - Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 7.1 - GATEWAY CUSTOMIZATION Manual

Gateway customization guide
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http://adminHost:adminPort/clients/dsgw/bin/lang?context=<context>
The default gateway and Directory Express are available from the page for the Red Hat
Administration Server (

Anonymous and Non-Anonymous Searching

The gateway supports both anonymous and non-anonymous searching. Anonymous
searching provides basic permissions for accessing information in the user directory. A bind
DN and bind password, stored in a
the Directory Server. User permissions for directory access can be defined in the Red Hat
Console.
If the Directory Server contains authentication credentials for a user, these override the bind
DN and bind password in the gateway's
credentials expire or are invalid, the gateway attempts to authenticate the user to the
directory using the
binds anonymously.

binddnfile

The location of the
users and groups of users is specified in the gateway's
NOTE

Automatic Updates to Directory Configuration

A script that updates gateway instances with changes to Directory Server configuration,
updatedsgw
serverRoot/clients/dsgw/context
Server host and port.
http://adminHost:adminPort
binddnfile
. When no
binddnfile
containing bind DNs and bind passwords for individual
binddnfile
The
contains highly sensitive information. Do not store the
binddnfile
under
serverRoot/clients/dsgw
binddnfile
served up over HTTP (for instance,
to store the
binddnfile
, is included with the Directory Server installation. This script searches
Anonymous and Non-Anonymous Searching
).
, can be set up for users to authenticate to
parameter. When authentication
binndnfile
is specified, the gateway instance
binddnfile
.conf
/bin/slapd/server
).
for gateway instances that match the Directory
file.
or in any directory that is
is a good place
Chapter 1
Introduction
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