A directory service account that Content Platform Engine uses to connect to
the directory server.
- Create the following directory server account:
- Directory service (bind) user account (Novell® eDirectory)
- Unique identifier
- cpe_service_user
- Description
- Provide the fully qualified distinguished name of cpe_service_user as
the directory service bind user name while running Configuration Manager
and also when you run the Administration Console for Content Platform
Engine Directory
Configuration Wizard.
cpe_service_user performs
the following roles:
- Acts as the bind user specified by the application server to search
through realms to authenticate a user when the user logs in to a Content Platform Engine client.
- Acts as the user specified in the GCD that searches users and
groups to authorize access to a specific FileNet® P8 object after a user has
been authenticated.
Provide the fully qualified distinguished name of cpe_service_user as
the LDAPBindDN while running Configuration Manager and also when you
run the Administration Console for Content Platform
Engine Directory
Configuration Wizard. Available for viewing and modifying in the Administration Console for Content Platform
Engine's Directory configuration
tab.
The Directory Service User cannot be accessed using referrals.
- Minimum required permissions
- Use your directory server's tools to grant cpe_service_user at
least the following minimum rights to all entries (including user
and group entries) in each security realm that is configured for your FileNet P8 domain: Read and Compare.
Record this value in your customized Installation and Upgrade Worksheet. To find this property,
search the worksheet for instances of cpe_service_user.
