Testing an Existing Authentication Configuration
You can test whether an authentication configuration contains the correct values for accessing the user repository. This feature is only available for LDAP authentication configurations.
To test an LDAP authentication configuration, use the command line tool
CentraSiteCommand with the option
validate Authentication. For details of the tool syntax, see
Configuring the Authentication Settings.
During the validation, CentraSite attempts to access the user repository and returns status messages indicating the following:
Whether the user repository is currently accessible.
Whether the user with the given password exists in the user repository.
Whether the mappings for users are correct.
Whether the references between groups and users are correct.
Some of the possible reasons for errors are listed below.
Incorrect host, port number or protocol is specified in the host definition.
Incorrect DN specified in user information.
Incorrect object class specified in user information.
Incorrect user field in user information.
Invalid user-ID/password combination.
