Setting up an LDAP Directory Server

In order to use LDAP entries with Integration Technologies software, you must install and configure an LDAP directory server. This server stores the LDAP entries and makes them accessible to SAS (and other) applications that need the information. See LDAP Structure in the SAS Integration Technologies: Developer's Guide for details of how the entries are structured in the LDAP directory.

The three basic steps involved in setting up the server are

1. Installing the server. If an LDAP directory server exists already, you may omit this step.

2. Installing LDAP Schema for IPlanet, Netscape, and SecureWay. This step configures the server to recognize the entry types that SAS uses and to create the entries that SAS expects to see.

3. Adding person entries to the directory. Person entries provide information about specific users within the LDAP directory. If an LDAP server exists, person entries may be defined already.

If you are using the Microsoft Active Directory, you must install an LDAP schema for the Active Directory. This schema uses a different relative distinguished name (RDN) than the standard schema and is required if you are using the Active Directory.