P6 Professional uses native authentication mode by default. If using LDAP mode, use the Administration Configuration tool to configure one or more LDAP servers.
To configure LDAP servers:
- Click Start, then choose Programs, Oracle - Primavera P6, P6 Professional R8.x, P6 Professional Help & Tools, Administration Configuration.
- Enter a privileged user name and password for the P6 Professional database.
- Enter the Server Name, Database Name, and Port Number for the P6 Professional database.
- Click the LDAP Configuration tab.
- Click the LDAP Servers row then click the Add button.
- Click the plus sign to expand rows. These settings represent what should be entered for an Oracle Internet Directory (OID) LDAP server and Microsoft Active Directory.
- In the USER_NAME field, enter the LDAP field name that holds the user's login ID.
Example: uid or samaccountname (for Microsoft Active Directory) - In the EMAIL_ADDR field, enter the LDAP field name that holds the user's email address.
Example: mail - In the ACTUAL_NAME field, enter the LDAP field name that holds the user's full name.
Example: cn or displayname (for Microsoft Active Directory) - Enter the details for your LDAP server by clicking the fields and entering the information in the right column. Specify the LDAP directory server host name or IP address, listening port, and base directory node.
- For Base Directory Node, specify the location in the directory information tree (DIT) that is the location from which to start the search for module users during login. Base Directory Node is also the location where the provisioning function begins the search for directory server users.
- SSL protocol is recommended for secure communication to the LDAP server. To use SSL protocol for communication with the LDAP server, select True for the Enable SSL option.
- Referrals chasing allows authentication to extend to another domain. To use referrals, select True for the Chase Referrals option.
Note: Referral chasing is supported with Oracle Internet Directory and Microsoft Windows Active Directory. For Oracle Internet Directories, referrals chasing only works when the directories are configured to allow anonymous searches.
- In the USER_NAME field, enter the LDAP field name that holds the user's login ID.
- If the LDAP server does not allow anonymous searches, type the user name of an LDAP server user who has search access for the Base Directory Node you specified.
- Click Test. If you entered a user name you are prompted for the user's password.
Notes:
- The password is encrypted and stored in configuration data. The Administration Configuration tool does not unencrypt the password, so the password must be reentered every time Test is clicked.
- Test must be run for each LDAP server you configure
- If you see a message saying Test Passed, your LDAP server is properly configured.
- Click Save & Close to exit the Administration Configuration tool.