Using LDAP services

Data ONTAP supports LDAP for user authentication, file access authorization, user lookup and mapping services between NFS and CIFS.If the Vserver is set up to use LDAP as a name service using the -ns-switch ldap option or for name mapping using the -nm-switch ldap option, you should create an LDAP configuration for it.

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An LDAP server enables you to centrally maintain user information.

If you store your user database on an LDAP server, you can configure your Vserver to look up user information in the LDAP database. For example, on your LDAP server, you can store logins and passwords for administrative users of the console and the rsh, telnet, http, https, and ssh protocols, making it possible for you to centrally manage them.