Technical Tip: How to use user@domain on LDAP

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Article Id 195689

Description

This article describes how to set up an LDAP account with the user@domain format that can be used in different domains without issues.

Scope

Any supported version of FortiOS, an LDAP server.

Solution

A UPN is an Internet-style login name for the user based on the Internet standard RFC 822.

To use UPNs in an LDAP server, run the following configuration:

config user ldap

edit "MSPDCW"

set server "192.168.200.251"

set cnid "userPrincipalName"

set dn "dc= DomainName,dc=cl"

set type regular

set username "cn=Administrador,cn=Users,DC= DomainName,DC=cl"

set password

end

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