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Process Engine Administration
Workflow administration tasks
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  Configuring the Process Engine
  Configuring users and groups (Workplace)
  Configuring users and groups (Open Client/FileNet Web Services Client)
    Defining users
    Eliminating multiple logons
    Configuring shared logon
    Configuring unified logon
    Configuring LDAP logon (Open Client)
    Changing the fnsw password
    Modifying the user cache refresh rate (FileNet Web Services Client)
  Configuring optional features
  Running the Process Engine
  Improving system performance
  Troubleshooting
   

Configuring LDAP logon (Open Client only)

The LDAP logon option allows you to create identical user definitions in the Image Services (IS) and Content Services (CS) systems, based on the user and group information in the existing LDAP server. Once the user successfully logs on to an LDAP server, the user is allowed access to both IS and CS security systems without an additional logon. The LDAP logon option is available for Open Client systems only.

FileNet provides utilities to export user information from the LDAP server and import the information into the Image Services (IS) security system. You can also import LDAP user and group information into the CS security system. LDAP user names appear in user lists prefaced with "LDAP/".

To configure LDAP logon

  1. Export LDAP user account information from an LDAP server into an XML file.
  2. Import the user account information from the XML file to a workflow server (IS) or a CS server. For information about importing, see your FileNet Library Administrator.
  3. From the Start menu on the web server, select FileNet IDM/Configure.
  4. Click Additional Preferences.
  5. In the IDM Preferences dialog box, set the following under the Libraries/LDAP Settings node:
    1. Set Enable LDAP for the whole website to Yes.
    2. Specify the LDAP Server name.
    3. Specify the LDAP Distinguished name.
    4. If an LDAP port other than the default is required, enter a Port number. Generally the default 389 is used.
    5. Select the Server type.
    6. Click OK and then click Close.