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(info) What can LDAP do?

  • Check lockout status for customers

  • Determine if customer is active (employee or student)

  • Identify a customer's account status and affiliation with SJSU

  • Determine if customer is in any DUO group/Adobe group

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PLEASE NOTE:

You will need to configure you LDAP browser on each PC that you use. Please do so ASAP.
In case you are using LDAP on a non-institutional network, connect to VPN in order to use LDAP.

🔍 Important Fields


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employeeid

The employee id or SJSU ID#

sn

The surname (last name)

givenname

The first name

mail

the user’s email address


🔧 Set up LDAP (Configure SJSUAD Profile)

 View
  1. Check your Scope Pane (the left-hand column) for an SJSUAD profile. If it’s there, you’re done.

  2. Click the New Profile option under the New button pull-down.

  3. Set SJSUAD as the profile name and click Next

    Profile Creation Wizard step 1
Entering SJSUAD in the Profile Name field
  4. Set sjsuad.sjsu.edu as the Host

  5. Set the Port as 636

  6. Click the Fetch Base DNs, and select DC=SJSUAD,DC=SJSU,DC=EDU

  7. Check the Use secure connection (SSL) the click Next

  8. Select Currently logged on user(Active Directory only) (Other Credentials)

Needs to be updated (CN=Display Name (OU Admin),OU=Resource,OU=Users,OU=Enterprise Support,DC=SJSUAD,DC=SJSU,DC=EDU)

9. Click Finish

The scope pane should fill in with the AD tree information.

Scope pane
SJSUAD Active Directory
List of OUs

🔍 Search LDAP

Formatting the Filter

Softerra LDAP browser uses the standard LDAP query format.

  • (attribute=value)

---The parentheses are necessary.

You may also use wildcard filters by using an asterisk

  • (attribute=val*)

 View Steps
  1. Open Softerra LDAP Browser; Double-Click the icon

  2. Click the '+' sign next to SJSUAD in the scope pane

    Scope Pane
Softerra LDAP browser
Listing of servers
  3. Right-click 'sjsuPeople' in the scope pane

  4. Pick “Directory Search” from the context menu

  5. Enter your search criteria in the “Filter” line. (employeeid=xxxxxxxxx)

  6. Click 'Search' button at bottom of window

  7. Double-click on the person in the results area to show all account attributes in the main window.

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