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Setting User Authentication Providers and Importing Users
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Authentication from an Active Directory that Includes Multiple Domains
An organization might have an Active Directory that includes several domains. Depending on
the requirements of the organization, you can import and authenticate users in the following
ways:
Authenticate users from a single LDAP domain
Authenticate users from a single OU (organizational unit)
Combine LDAP authentication for one domain with Windows domain authentication for a
second domain
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When using LDAP authentication, you can use only one OU for authentication.
LDAP Authentication from a Single LDAP Domain
For example, a facility’s Active Domain might have three domains, as shown in the following
illustration.
If a domain includes only one user OU, you can specify that domain as the Search Root DN and
the User DN Suffix. In the following illustration, import and authentication is specified for
test1.test.avid.com