Policy Server Guides › Policy Design Guide › User Directory and Search Dialog Reference › User Directory Dialog › User Directory Dialog—AD Namespace › User Directory Dialog—AD Namespace—Credentials and Connection Tab › Administrator Credentials Group Box

Administrator Credentials Group Box

Require Credentials check box

If selected, the credentials specified in the tab will be used by the Policy Server when connecting to the user directory.

Username field

Distinguished name (DN) of a user who has sufficient privileges.

Note: For Active DIrectory you must enter a full DN. For example:

For example:

cn=<administrator>,cn=<administrator’s group>,dc=<server>,dc=<organization>,dc=<com, net, etc.>

Password and Confirm Password fields

Password associated with the account specified in the Username field.

The Policy Server uses the DN from the Connect Username field and the password from the Connect Password field to access the user directory.

Secure Connection check box

If selected, forces a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection when the Policy Server and Active Directory communicate with each other.

Note: Be sure to specify the port for SSL in the Server field of the Directory Setup tab.

Note: For SSL connections, make sure that you have specified the location of the certificate database file in the Policy Server Management Console (see the SiteMinder Policy Server Management Guide).

Run in Authenticated User’s Security Context check box

If selected, provides a Windows user security context to Web applications that run on IIS Web servers and are protected by SiteMinder.

More information:

How SiteMinder Is Configured to Provide a Windows User Security Context