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User authentication in LDAP mode

When the LDAP mode is enabled, you can organize user accounts in LDAP groups and associate the groups with a role or a set of roles in Communication Manager Designer.

To enable the mode for Communication Manager Designer, follow the procedure described in the Starting Contract Manager section in the Tungsten Communications Manager Installation Guide.

  • When the LDAP mode is enabled, you cannot create or modify user accounts.

  • When you switch from the non-LDAP to LDAP mode, ensure that no objects that are not shown in Communication Manager Designer for Windows, such as Libraries or Resources, are left with status [in development]. In the LDAP mode, you cannot break lock on such objects.

  • The Authorization tab in the Configuration window is not available in the LDAP mode.