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LDAP Settings

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Configure the settings to search for destinations from the LDAP server or Active Directory.

Settings

Description

[Enabling LDAP]

Select whether to use the LDAP server to search for a destination.

Using this function allows you to search for an E-mail address or fax number via the LDAP server when sending the scanned original data.

[OFF] is specified by default.

[Setting Up LDAP]

Register the LDAP server used to search for a destination.

Select an unregistered key, and enter the required information.

[LDAP Server Name]

Enter the name of the LDAP server (using up to 32 characters).

Use a name that helps you easily identify the server.

[LDAP Setting]

Configure settings for LDAP search operations.

  • [Max.Search Results]: Change the maximum number of destinations to be displayed as search results, if necessary. [100] is specified by default.

  • [Timeout]: Change the timeout interval for communication with the LDAP server, if required. [60 second] is specified by default.

  • [Initial Setting for Search Details]: Specify the default LDAP search conditions for each item. [OR] is specified by default.

  • [Change Search Attribute]: Select attributes to be specified when performing the LDAP search. The setting can be switched between [Name] (cn) and [Nickname] (displayName). [Name] is specified by default.

  • [Search]: Select whether to display candidate destinations when entering part of a name. [OFF] is specified by default.

[Server Address]

Enter the LDAP server address.

Use one of the following formats.

  • Example of host name entry: "host.example.com"

  • Example of IP address (IPv4) entry: "192.168.1.1"

  • Example of IP address (IPv6) entry: "fe80::220:6bff:fe10:2f16"

[Search Base]

Specify the starting point to search for a user to be authenticated (using up to 255 characters).

The range from the entered origin point, including the following tree structure, is searched.

Example of entry: "cn=users,dc=example,dc=com"

[SSL Setting]

Specify whether or not to use SSL for communication with the LDAP server.

[OFF] is specified by default.

[Port Number]

If necessary, change the LDAP server port number.

Normally, you can use the original port number.

[389] is specified by default.

[Port Number (SSL)]

If necessary, change the SSL communication port number.

Normally, you can use the original port number.

[636] is specified by default.

[Certificate Verification Level Settings]

To validate the certificate during SSL communication, select items to be verified.

  • [Expiration Date]: Confirm whether the certificate is within the validity period. [Confirm] is specified by default.

  • [Key Usage]: Confirm whether the certificate is used according to the intended purpose approved by the certificate issuer. [Do Not Confirm] is specified by default.

  • [Chain]: Confirm whether there is a problem in the certificate chain (certificate path). The chain is validated by referencing the external certificates managed on this machine. [Do Not Confirm] is specified by default.

  • [Expiration Date Confirmation]: Confirm whether the certificate has expired. [Do Not Confirm] is specified by default.

  • [CN]: Confirm whether CN (Common Name) of the certificate matches the server address. [Do Not Confirm] is specified by default.

[Authentication Type]

Select the authentication method to log in to the LDAP server.

Select one appropriate for the authentication method used for your LDAP server.

  • [Anonymous]

  • [Simple]

  • [Digest-MD5]

  • [GSS-SPNEGO]

  • [NTLM v1]

  • [NTLM v2]

[Anonymous] is specified by default.

[Select Server Authentication Method]

Select the LDAP server authentication method.

  • [Use Settings]: Use the settings of [Login Name], [Password], and [Domain Name].

  • [Use User Authentication]: Synchronizes with the user authentication of this machine. Uses the user name and password of the registered user of this machine as [Login Name] and [Password].

  • [Dynamic Authentication]: The system prompts you to enter the user name and password at LDAP searching.

[Use Settings] is specified by default.

[Referral Setting]

Select whether to use the referral function, if necessary.

Make an appropriate choice to fit the LDAP server environment.

[ON] is specified by default.

[Login Name]

Log in to the LDAP server, and enter the login name to search for a user (using up to 64 characters).

[Password]

Enter the password of the user name you entered into [Login Name] (using up to 64 characters).

[Domain Name]

Enter the domain name to log in to the LDAP server (using up to 64 characters).

If [GSS-SPNEGO] is selected for [Authentication Type], enter the domain name of Active Directory.

[Search Attributes Authentication]

Select whether to enable the attribute-based authentication when [Authentication Type] is set to [Simple] and [Select Server Authentication Method] to [Dynamic Authentication].

If enabled, the user does not need to enter all of the DN (Distinguished Name) when performing authentication via the LDAP server.

[No Limit] is specified by default.

[Search Attribute(s)]

Enter the search attribute to be automatically added before the user name (using up to 64 characters).

The attribute must start with an alphabet character.

[uid] is specified by default.

[Check Connection]

Select this option to try connecting to the LDAP server using the entered information and check if the information registered is correct.

This option is displayed when [ON] is selected in [Enabling LDAP].

[Reset All Settings]

Tap this button to reset all the contents you entered.

[Default LDAP Server Setting]

Select the default LDAP server to search for a destination.

When registering multiple LDAP servers, set the frequently used LDAP server as the default.

[Default Search Result Display Setting]

Select the default destination type to be displayed as the destination search result.

[E-mail] is specified by default.