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Active Directory provider settings

You can view or modify the advanced settings for an Active Directory provider.


Setting	Description
Services For UNIX	Specifies whether to support RFC 2307 attributes for domain controllers. RFC 2307 is required for Windows UNIX Integration and Services For UNIX technologies.
Map to primary domain	Enables the lookup of unqualified user names in the primary domain. If this setting is not enabled, the primary domain must be specified for each authentication operation.
Ignore trusted domains	Ignores all trusted domains.
Trusted Domains	Specifies trusted domains to include if the Ignore Trusted Domains setting is enabled.
Domains to Ignore	Specifies trusted domains to ignore even if the Ignore Trusted Domains setting is disabled.
Send notification when domain is unreachable	Sends an alert as specified in the global notification rules.
Use enhanced privacy and encryption	Encrypts communication to and from the domain controller.
Home Directory Naming	Specifies the path to use as a template for naming home directories. The path must begin with /ifs and can contain variables, such as %U, that are expanded to generate the home directory path for the user.
Create home directories on first login	Creates a home directory the first time that a user logs in if a home directory does not already exist for the user.
UNIX Shell	Specifies the path to the login shell to use if the Active Directory server does not provide login-shell information. This setting applies only to users who access the file system through SSH.
Query all other providers for UID	If no UID is available in the Active Directory, looks up Active Directory users in all other providers for allocating a UID.
Match users with lowercase	If no UID is available in the Active Directory, normalizes Active Directory user names to lowercase before lookup.
Auto-assign UIDs	If no UID is available in the Active Directory, enables UID allocation for unmapped Active Directory users.
Query all other providers for GID	If no GID is available in the Active Directory, looks up Active Directory groups in all other providers before allocating a GID.
Match groups with lowercase	If no GID is available in the Active Directory, normalizes Active Directory group names to lowercase before lookup.
Auto-assign GIDs	If no GID is available in the Active Directory, enables GID allocation for unmapped Active Directory groups.
Make UID/GID assignments for users and groups in these specific domains	Restricts user and group lookups to the specified domains.