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XADM: How to Authenticate for LDAP Access

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Summary

When you access a computer running Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.0 or 5.5 by means of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), you may need to be authorized with a valid Windows NT account. This article describes how to do this.

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When you access the Exchange Server directory by means of LDAP with Anonymous disabled, you need to pass a valid account to log on. Depending on the LDAP client software used, you will be prompted separately for your account and password. When prompted for your account, pass the following data
CN=NTAccount,CN=NTDomain
where NTAccount is a valid Windows NT account with permissions on the Exchange Server directory and NTDomain is a valid domain. You can also specify the NTAccount with the following syntax:
dc=NTDomain, cn=NTAccount

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Keywords: KB182507, kbusage, kbhowto

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Article Info
Article ID : 182507
Revision : 4
Created on : 10/26/2006
Published on : 10/26/2006
Exists online : False
Views : 268