LDAP is based on the client-server model and is used for directory services. It describes the communication between the LDAP client and the directory server. Object-related data, such as personal data or system configurations, can be read from such a directory.
General Settings
| Name | Name under which this authentication mechanism settings is saved |
| Priority | The position of the execution of the respective authentication mechanism – the higher the number, the earlier the respective authentication mechanism is used. If same numbers are available, the sequence is determined lexicographically ascending |
| Mechanism | The authentication mechanism |
Mechanism Settings
| Hostname | The hostname of the server may be an IPv4 address or a fully-qualified hostname (FQHN) |
| Port | The port of the server (Warning: We don’t support ldaps-Integration using Port 636) |
| Base DN | The entry point for the directories |
