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<\/a><\/p>\nFrom within NMC’s main<\/em> window, go to Setup > Configure Login Authentication…<\/i> and choose to configure an external repository, as shown below:<\/p>\n My external repository is pretty basic; as a home server, it’s a fairly flat structure, so the configured repository resembled the following:<\/p>\n In the distinguished name, I referenced the full DN to the directory administrator. This is normally undesirable; a preferred option would be to configure another directory user that has appropriate read permissions but limited to no modification permissions. I didn’t feel like diving into that level of control within LDAP and it was only a lab server so I plunged ahead with the actual directory administrator.<\/p>\n The user and group search path are both straight forward:<\/p>\n For Apple’s directory services, you need to modify most of the options in the Advanced<\/em> field, viz:<\/p>\n For what it’s worth, I confirmed those settings by using the ldapsearch<\/em> tool on the directory server:<\/p>\n If you’re encountering issues with the configuration (and more importantly, subsequent testing), I’d recommend setting the LDAP Debug Level to 1 so that you can see what sort of LDAP searches NMC is performing \u2013 these can be seen from the gstd.raw file in the NetWorker Management Console logs directory. If you’re not sure whether you’ve got all the details correct, by the way, just hit the Next><\/em> button … you can’t progress to the next screen unless NMC can successfully query the list of groups and names based on the details you’ve entered.<\/p>\n Clicking next, you’ll be prompted to confirm which users and roles will have ‘Console Security Administrator Role’ \u2013 this is a critical field; this defines the users who can re-invoke this form after<\/em> the switchover to external authentication has happened:<\/p>\n Make sure there’s at least one actual user account defined in there. This is where I came-a-cropper the first few times \u2013 I assumed I could just<\/em> use the group in there and it would be sufficient. (I’d need to go back and check against an Active Directory associated NMC server to confirm whether it’s any different there as I can’t recall off-hand.)<\/p>\n Click Next<\/em>><\/em> again once you’ve populated that \u2013 again, NMC will query and confirm the validity of the entered details before it lets you progress:<\/p>\n You’ll then be prompted to confirm which servers you want to distribute the authority file to \u2013 in my case, since GST services are running on the same host as the backup server itself, it’s two instances of the same server, NetWorker and NMC. The distribution should<\/em> log as follows:<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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# ldapsearch -LLL -h miranda.turbamentis.int -b \"cn=users,dc=miranda,dc=turbamentis,dc=int\" -D \"uid=diradmin,cn=users,dc=miranda,dc=turbamentis,dc=int\" -W<\/strong><\/pre>\n
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dn: uid=services,cn=users,dc=miranda,dc=turbamentis,dc=int\nuid<\/strong><\/em>: services\nuidNumber: ...\nhomeDirectory: \/Users\/services\ncn: Services User\nsn: User\nloginShell: \/bin\/bash\ngivenName: Services\nobjectClass: person\nobjectClass: inetOrgPerson\nobjectClass: organizationalPerson\nobjectClass: posixAccount\nobjectClass: shadowAccount\nobjectClass: top\nobjectClass: extensibleObject\nobjectClass: apple-user<\/strong><\/em><\/pre>\n
# ldapsearch -LLL -h miranda.turbamentis.int -b \"cn=Groups,dc=miranda,dc=turbamentis,dc=int\" -D \"uid=diradmin,cn=users,dc=miranda,dc=turbamentis,dc=int\" -W<\/strong><\/pre>\n
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dn: cn=nsradmin,cn=groups,dc=miranda,dc=turbamentis,dc=int\nobjectClass: top\nobjectClass: posixGroup\nobjectClass: extensibleObject\nobjectClass: apple-group<\/strong><\/em>\napple-group-realname: nsradmin\ncn: nsradmin\napple-ownerguid: ...\napple-generateduid: ...\ngidNumber: ...\napple-group-memberguid: ...\napple-group-memberguid: ...\nmemberUid<\/strong><\/em>: pmdg\nmemberUid<\/strong><\/em>: services<\/pre>\n
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