Selecting Users or Groups from an Active Directory or LDAP Server
The following procedure describes how to use the standard dialogs to search for users or groups in an Active Directory or an LDAP server.
Keep the following points in mind when performing a search:
CentraSite treats the text you enter as a partial string. For example, if you enter
al, then
Alex,
Allen and
Salie all fit the search criteria.
You can use the asterisk (*) as a wildcard in the search text.
CentraSite replaces the wildcard symbol with as many characters as necessary.
Searches are not case sensitive.
Searches are not accent-sensitive.
The ADS or LDAP authentication system performs a user search based on the attribute mapping specified in the authentication configuration, and displays the users that fit the search criteria. For more information about authentication configurations, see
Creating Authentication Configurations.
To search an Active Directory or LDAP server
1. In the Search Criteria panel, create the search criteria by selecting the attribute and the condition from the respective list boxes and typing the search string in the text box.
2. Select a search operator: "Equals" and "NotEquals". The "Equals" tests for attributes that are equal to a certain value. The "NotEquals" finds for attributes that do not have the same or equal value.
3. For advanced search using multiple attribute conditions, click the plus button and add a new condition for the search.
4. Specify the way in which the criteria are to be combined:
To specify that a user or group must meet all criteria to be considered a match, select
AND Condition.
To specify that a user or group must meet at least one of the criteria to be considered a match, select
OR Condition.
5. Click Search.
6. Select the users or groups you would like to add to the organization.
7. Click OK.
