Specifying the mail attribute for LDAP person records

If your Sametime® servers are configured to use an LDAP server that is not a native internal Domino® directory, you must specify the attribute in an LDAP record that contains the user's email address. This setting is required because SIP entities are identified by their email addresses.

Procedure

  1. From the Sametime server home page, click the Administer the Server link to open the Sametime Administration Tool.
  2. Choose LDAP Directory - Basics.
  3. In the Basics settings for server drop-down list, select the LDAP server.
  4. In the Attribute of a person entry that defines the person's email address setting, type the attribute that your LDAP directory uses to hold the user's email address. Default attribute names include the following options:
    • Type mail (default) if your LDAP directory is a Domino Directory, IBM® Directory Server, or Sun ONE Java™ System Directory Server.
    • Type userPrincipalName (default) if you are using Microsoft® Active Directory.
  5. Click Update.
  6. Choose LDAP Directory - Searching.
  7. In the search filter for resolving person names, update the search filter to contain the attribute specified in step 4. For example, if the LDAP directory uses the mail attribute, then update the search filter to include the mail attribute. For example: 
    (&(objectclass=organizationalPerson)(|(cn=%s*)(givenname=%s*)(sn=%s*)(mail=%s*)))
  8. Click Update and restart the server for the change to take effect.