Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 6.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual page 393

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The right pane shows the Authentication Instance tab listing currently
configured authentication instances.
Click Add.
3.
The Select Authentication Plug-in Implementation window appears.
Select the
4.
NISAuth
Click Next.
5.
The Authentication Instance Editor window appears.
Fill in the following fields in the Authentication Instance Editor window:
6.
Authentication Instance ID. Accept the default instance name, or enter a new
name. If you chose to use a different name, be sure to edit this name in the
enrollment forms.
nisserver. Specifies the NIS server name. (In Unix, use the
to find the NIS server name.)
nisdomain. Specifies the NIS domain name. (In Unix, use the
command to find the domain name.)
dnpattern. Specifies a string representing a subject name pattern to formulate
from the directory attributes and entry DN. See "DNs in Certificate
Management System" on page 750.
extendedDN. Specifies the suffix that the server should add to the default
subject DN when an LDAP directory is not specified. The value you specify in
this field is added to the default subject name in certificates, which is in the
form
CN=<FirstName LastName>,UID=<UserID>
For example: If you assign
extended DN, subject names in certificates would be of this form:
CN=<FirstName LastName>,UID=<UserID>,OU=People,
O=Example Corporation,C=US
ldapStringAttributes. Specifies the list of LDAP string attributes that should
be considered authentic for the end entity. If specified, the values
corresponding to these attributes will be copied from the authentication
directory into the authentication token—that is, values retrieved from this
parameter can be used by policy modules to formulate subject names for
certificates or to make other policy decisions. For details, see
"SubjectAltNameExt" on page 557. Entering values for this parameter is
optional.
plug-in.
OU=People,O=Example Corporation,C=US
Automated Enrollment
command
ypwhich
domainname
.
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Authentication
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