Configuring LDAP group mappings

In the LDAP Group Mapping tab, you can configure the user groups that will be synchronized and how they will be synchronized.

The NexJ server must have been synchronized once to the LDAP server before you begin configuring the user groups.

To configure a link, select it in the LDAP Link list at the top of the page. Its LDAP groups will appear at the bottom of the page.

Note: If you have not yet synchronized once with the server, no groups will appear. Click the Get Snapshot From the External System button

at the top of the LDAP Server list in the LDAP Group Mapping tab. to sync the LDAP user group link. Note that you cannot use this button to sync the LDAP user link; to do this, you must use the button in the Synchronization tab.

Each row displays the current properties and settings of one group:

Name: The name of the group, as it is identified in the LDAP server.
Synchronize Users: This check box allows you to enable and disable the synchronization of this group of users. If checked, all users who belong to this group will be synchronized with the NexJ server.
Note: A user may belong to different user groups. As long as one of the groups to which he or she belongs has synchronization enabled, the user will be synchronized. This includes group hierarchies: if a user belongs to a group that is synchronized, then the user will also be synchronized, even if the intermediate group's Synchronize Users check box is not checked.
Description: A brief text description of the group.
User Template: The user type that will be used when creating new users of this group.
Priority order for User Template choice: Because a user may belong to different groups, there may be a conflict between which user type to assign to the user because of different values in the User Template field. This is resolved by setting priority values to the different groups; a lower number indicates a higher priority for the group.