Configure people awareness to work across Domino Directory and a non-Domino portal LDAP directory

 

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We can edit the CSEnvironment.properties file to support Sametime-based people awareness features in a portal site in which Lotus Sametime uses a native Domino Directory as the repository for Lotus Sametime user names, and the WebSphere Portal user repository is in a non-Domino LDAP, such as IBM Tivoli Directory Server.

Configuration settings for server-to-server connections for WebSphere Portal and the Lotus Sametime server are in the CSEnvironment.properties file. You must add the correct values for two properties to support so people awareness. After you make these changes, name mapping issues between the Lotus Sametime server and the portal server will resolve. Perform the following steps:

For a number of creative multi-directory solutions, including information on supporting single-sign on for awareness through the Lotus Sametime and Lotus QuickPlace servers, see the IBM developerWorks article Single Sign-on in a Multi-Directory World.

  1. Modify the CSEnvironment.properties file as described in Editing the CSEnvironment.properties file.

  2. Locate the property CS_SERVER_SAMETIME_1.nameFormatForResolve.

  3. Remove the comment tag (#) from the beginning of the line, if a comment tag is present.

  4. Change the value for this property to loginName or cn. For example, CS_SERVER_SAMETIME_1.nameFormatForResolve=loginName

    The value loginName is the preferred setting. The value loginName in the LDAP for WebSphere Portal should be present in the Domino Directory as the Short Name/UserID field. If cn is specified, the Common Name in the LDAP for WebSphere Portal should be present in the Domino Directory, as one of the entries in the User Name field.

  5. Locate the property CS_SERVER_SAMETIME_1.dnNameSeparator.

  6. Remove the comment tag (#) from the beginning of the line, if a comment tag is present.

  7. Change the value for this property to /. For example, CS_SERVER_SAMETIME_1.dnNameSeparator=/.

For a number of creative multi-directory solutions, including information on supporting single-sign on for awareness through the Lotus Sametime and Lotus QuickPlace servers, see the IBM developerWorks article Single Sign-on in a Multi-Directory World.

 

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