Setting up basic password authentication in a database Access Control List (ACL)

You can require users to specify a valid name and password when accessing a database on the Sametime® server.

Procedure

  1. Open the Sametime Administration Tool.
  2. Select LDAP Directory.
  3. Select Access Control.
  4. Select a database from the list.
  5. Click Advanced.
  6. Set the Maximum Internet name & password access to Manager, which is the maximum access level.

    Note The Maximum Internet name & password setting on the advanced panel of each database Access Control List (ACL) specifies the maximum database access level granted to web browser clients. This setting overrides higher individual access levels set in the ACL. For example, if you set the Maximum Internet name & password to Author and assign Manager access to the Anonymous entry in the database ACL, anonymous users will only have Author access to the database. Alternatively, if you set the Maximum Internet name & password to Manager and assign Reader access to the Anonymous entry in the database ACL, anonymous users will only have Reader access to the database.

  7. Click Access.
  8. Select the Anonymous entry, and then select No Access in the Access box. If the Anonymous entry does not exist, you must create it:
    1. Click Add.
    2. Type Anonymous in the dialog box and click OK.
    3. Select the Anonymous entry, and then select No Access in the Access box.
  9. Select the Default entry. You can either set an access level for the Default entry, or set the Default entry to No Access.
    • If you specify an access level for the Default entry other than No Access, all users are required to authenticate when accessing the database. Each authenticated user receives the access level you have specified for the Default entry. It is not necessary to enter individual names or groups in the ACL. After selecting an access level for the Default entry, click Submit. You have finished the procedure required to set up basic password authentication in a database ACL. Skip the remaining steps.
    • If you select No Access for the Default entry, you must enter individual user names or group names in the ACL. Only the names and groups you enter can access the database. Complete steps 10 and 11 to add users to the ACL.
  10. Click Add to add user names or group names to the ACL. Click OK after adding each name.
  11. Click Submit.