[Casper] Root Certificate

[Smith, William]

On 2/5/09 3:04 PM, "Nichols, Jared" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu> wrote:

> I¹ve been told by our LDAP admin that in order to get proper authentication
> with LDAP accounts, I need to install our root certificate into ³your
> application.²  I imagine he means Tomcat, which is what the JSS runs on.

You don't need a root certificate just to get LDAP authentication working.
The root certificate will ensure that you are indeed connecting securely to
the server you think you're connecting to. The certificate will keep that
annoying "can't verify the identity of the website" message from appearing,
however.

To enable LDAP for the JSS you'll need to log in and go to the Admin tab -->
LDAP Servers area and enter the appropriate connection and search mappings
for your LDAP world.

Once the JSS has been pointed to a server for external authentication then
you'll be able to assign permissions to users from LDAP and those users will
be able to log in to the JSS or whatever you decide.

-- 

bill

William M. Smith, Technical Analyst
MCS IT
Merrill Communications, LLC
(651) 632-1492