Tiger LDAP setup for UMOD

SECURITY WARNING: If you have SSHd/Remote Login enabled, following this procedure will allow everyone in the University community to SSH into your computer.

Launch /Applications/Utilities/Directory Access


If everything is greyed out, click the lock icon to unlock


Select LDAPv3, and click the 'Configure' button


Click the 'New...' button
UNcheck 'Add DHCP-supplied LDAP servers to automatic search policies'


Server Name: ldap.itd.umich.edu
Check 'Encrypt using SSL'
Check 'Use for authentication'
UNcheck 'Use for contacts'


Pick a Template: RFC 2307 (Unix)
Searchbase: ou=People,dc=umich,dc=edu


After it says 'Configuration of new server complete', hit 'OK'


Type in 'UMOD' for Configuration Name
Also be sure that you UNcheck 'Add DHCP-supplied LDAP servers to automatic search policies'.


Click the 'Edit' button, and go to the 'Search & Mappings' tab on the resulting window.
On the left side, open the Users triangle, then select Password, and click the 'Delete' button.
Click 'OK' when done.


Be sure that 'Add DHCP-supplied LDAP servers to automatic search policies' is UNchecked. Click 'OK' when done.


Quit out of Directory Access.


If you want to test it, launch /Applications/Utilities/Terminal and type

  id johndoe

(or any other uniqname of a person that does not have an account on your computer). If it comes back with their uid (and some other stuff) you're all set. If you see a 'no such user' result, your LDAP configuration is not working.