Administration page

Authentication tab

What it provides

The Authentication tab enables you to add, delete, set, and modify page permissions for Local users, as well as configure ContentReporter for either LDAP or NTLM Authentication.

To learn more about setting permissions for Local users, see Adding Local users and setting Local user permissions.

To learn more about configuring authentication, see Configuring LDAP and NTLM authentication.

What it looks like

The following screen shows Local Authentication settings on the Authentication tab.

Local Authentication tab components

The following table describes the Local Authentication tab components.

Component(s)	Function(s)
UserName column	Lists the Local group user names.
Group column	Lists the Local user's group.
E-mail column	Lists the Local user's (optional) e-mail address.
New button	Creates and sets page permissions and site name report restrictions for a new Local user.
Modify button	Modifies page permissions and site name report restrictions for a Local user.
Delete button	Removes a Local user from ContentReporter.
Apply and OK buttons	Enables you to save changes to the ContentReporter server. If you click OK, you return to the Administration page. If you click Apply, you remain on this tab. If you want to make multiple, interdependent changes to settings on this tab, you must click Apply after each interdependent change.

LDAP Authentication settings

The following screen shows LDAP Authentication settings.

LDAP Authentication tab components

The following table describes the LDAP Authentication tab components.

Component	Function
LDAP Server IP field	The IP Address of the LDAP server.
Port field	The port through which ContentReporter accesses the LDAP server.
LDAP Password field	The password ContentReporter uses to gain access to the bind distinguished name. This password authorizes ContentReporter to access and query the LDAP directory.
User ID (UID) field	The name (often "uid") of the attribute in the LDAP directory that contains user login names that ContentReporter authenticates.
Base Distinguished Name field	The Base Distinguished Name of the directory on the LDAP server where ContentReporter begins its authentication search.
Apply and OK buttons	Enables you to save changes to the ContentReporter server. If you click OK, you return to the Administration page. If you click Apply, you remain on this tab. If you want to make multiple, interdependent changes to settings on this tab, you must click Apply after each interdependent change.

NTLM Authentication settings

The following screen shows the NTLM Authentication settings.

NTLM Authentication tab components

The following table describes the NTLM Authentication tab components.

Component	Function
Windows Domain Name field	The name of the domain in which the ContentReporter server resides. For example, if the ContentReporter server machine is in the "netapp" domain, enter "netapp" in this field.
Apply and OK buttons	Enables you to save changes to the ContentReporter server. If you click OK, you return to the Administration page. If you click Apply, you remain on this tab. If you want to make multiple, interdependent changes to settings on this tab, you must click Apply after each interdependent change.