Cisco IP Communicator Administration Manual page 99

Chapter 5 Configuring Features and Services
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Specifying User Authentication Information for Quick Search
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Store the file in a location relative to <TFTPpath>.
Specify the file name and path in the Phone Configuration page of
Cisco CallManager Administration: Device > Phone > Phone Configuration >
LDAP Server Information File field.
Restart the TFTP service.
Related Topics
How to Configure Quick Search Using the Directory Wizard, page 5-8
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Specifying User Authentication Information for Quick Search, page 5-11
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Applying Dialing Rules to Quick Search Dialing, page 5-12
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Cisco CallManager uses a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
directory to store authentication and authorization information. Authentication
establishes the user's right to access the system and identifies the telephony
resources that a user is permitted to use, such as a specific telephone extension.
In order to configure Quick Search, you must decide how user authentication is
going to work. (This is true whether you configure Quick Search manually or by
using the Directory Wizard.)
Here are your options:
Specify a global user ID and password—This is the recommended approach.
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It allows Quick Search to search corporate directories even when the user
does not specify any credentials in the Cisco IP Communicator interface.
Do not specify a user ID or password—If you choose this approach, tell users
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to specify a user ID and password from the Cisco IP Communicator interface
(right-click menu > Preferences > Directories). If user authentication
credentials are not specified either in the Quick Search configuration file or
the Directories tab, the feature will not function properly.
Cisco IP Communicator Administration Guide for Cisco CallManager
Configuring Corporate and Personal Directories
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