From 6d44fe8ec23aa8136347f6510606ac2a1eb12d6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "lpsolit%gmail.com" <> Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 16:12:15 +0000 Subject: Bug 392212: LDAP parameters descriptions should mention how to use SSL connection - Patch by Sam Folk-Williams r/a=LpSolit --- docs/en/xml/administration.xml | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/en/xml/administration.xml b/docs/en/xml/administration.xml index 7a75604de..9924a742e 100644 --- a/docs/en/xml/administration.xml +++ b/docs/en/xml/administration.xml @@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ port) of your LDAP server. If no port is specified, it assumes the default LDAP port of 389. - Ex. ldap.company.com + For example: ldap.company.com or ldap.company.com:3268 You can also specify a LDAP URI, so as to use other @@ -643,9 +643,16 @@ the URI, the default is either 389 or 636 for 'LDAP' and 'LDAPS' schemes respectively. - Ex. ldap://ldap.company.com, - ldaps://ldap.company.com or - ldapi://%2fvar%2flib%2fldap_sock + + + In order to use SSL with LDAP, specify a URI with "ldaps://". + This will force the use of SSL over port 636. + + + For example, normal LDAP: + ldap://ldap.company.com, LDAP over SSL: + ldaps://ldap.company.com or LDAP over a UNIX + domain socket ldapi://%2fvar%2flib%2fldap_sock. -- cgit v1.2.3-24-g4f1b