Active Directory Integration

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Which Information is Transferred from AD to Ektron CMS400.NET

Ektron CMS400.NET accesses the following AD user information.

• Authentication (password, user logon name, and domain) for signing in to Ektron CMS400.NET.

The password is not stored in Ektron CMS400.NET - the application only refers to the password during sign in.

• User information, listed in the following table

  Field in AD	AD attribute	Corresponding field in Ektron CMS400.NET
  User logon name (pre-Windows 2000)	sAMAccountName	Domain and Username Note: Users can share a name in different domains. For example, juser/planets.com and juser/saturn.com. Otherwise, user names must be unique.
  Last Name	sn	Lastname
  First Name	givenName	Firstname
  Email	mail	email Address

• user group information, listed in the following table.

Field in AD	AD attribute	Corresponding field in Ektron CMS400.NET
Group Name (pre-Windows 2000)	cn	Domain and User group name Note: User groups can share a name in different domains. For example, editors/planets.com and editors/saturn.com. Otherwise, user group names must be unique.

The following diagram illustrates the components of the Active Directory feature.

A key component of this feature is keeping information in the AD consistent with Ektron CMS400.NET. The next sections explain

• logging into a system that uses Active Directory integration
• associating user information in AD with Ektron CMS400.NET
• how user group information is maintained between systems
• the screens of the Active Directory Feature

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