LDP UI |
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Open Command Prompt |
To start LDP
The LDP dialog box consists of two panes. The scope pane on the left side lists the base object and any child objects. The details pane lists the results of the LDAP operations.
The Connection menu Options:
Option | Description |
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Connect | Opens a dialog box that opens a session with a specified LDAP server. A connection must be established with an LDAP server before any other LDAP commands can be run. Enter the appropriate port number for the service you are connecting to. By default LDAP uses TCP for a connection-oriented session. To use UDP for a connectionless session, select the Connectionless checkbox. By default a successful connection results in the display of the RootDSE information in the detail pane. |
Bind | Opens a dialog box that authenticates to a specified LDAP server. Enter a username and password of an account that has permissions to the LDAP server. If you enter an invalid user, then you will be connected with anonymous credentials. As a shortcut, use the Bind option without using the Connect option to connect, and authenticate with server last connected to. |
Advance | Opens the a dialog box that sets options for the authentication methods. See Bind under the Options menu. |
Disconnect | Terminates an open session with a specified LDAP server. Closing the LDP application automatically disconnects any open sessions. |
New | Keeps the currently connected session, but clears the details pane. The keyboard shortcut for this action is CTRL+N. By default the details pane is accumulative. |
Open | Opens text files and places the information in the details pane. |
Save | Saves changes to a previously saved file. |
Save as | Saves the contents of the details pane to a text file. Use the Open command to view the contents of this file in the details pane later. |
Prints the details pane. |
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The Browse menu Options:
Opens a dialog box that adds objects to Active Directory. The full distinguished name of the object must be entered, as well as all of the mandatory attributes for the class of object being added.
Option | Description |
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DN | Enter the full distinguished name of the new object. |
Attribute | Enter the required or optional attribute. |
Values | Enter the value(s) associated with the attribute. Separate multiple values for a single attribute with a semicolon. No spaces are required. |
Enter | Click this button to add the entered attribute and value(s) to the Entry List section of the dialog box, and clear the Attribute and Value input boxes. Continue entering attributes and values until all required and desired optional attributes are on the Entry List. |
Insert File | Opens a dialog box that allows a text file with the appropriate attributes and values to be used. |
Entry List | Displays entered attributes and values. |
Edit | Opens a dialog box that allows changes to the selected entry from the Entry List. |
Remove | Deletes the selected entry from the Entry List. |
Extended | Select this checkbox if the object being added is part of an extended control. |
Synchronous | By default this checkbox is selected, requiring LDP to wait for a response from the destination server before continuing. Clear this checkbox to allow LDP to continue before a response is received. Clear this checkbox when slow WAN connections are causing LDP commands to timeout. |
Run | Click this button to add the current attributes and values in the Entry List to Active Directory. If LDP encounters any errors, then the object will not be added and the error will display in the details pane. |
Delete | Opens a dialog box that allows an object from Active Directory to be deleted. Attributes can be deleted only if they are defined as optional and contain no values. Use the Edit command to delete an attributes values. |
The View menu Options:
Option | Description |
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Status Bar | Shows or hides the Status Bar located along the bottom of the LDAP window. |
Tree | Opens a dialog box that specifies the base object in the scope pane. A default base object can be entered in the General Options dialog box in the Auto Base DN Query input box. By default this input box is blank and no object is listed in the scope pane. |
Enterprise Configuration | Opens the Live Enterprise Tree dialog box that shows a graphic display of all domains and domain controllers in the enterprise. The dialog box indicates whether the domain controllers are online or offline by marking offline domain controllers with a red X. |
Auto Refresh (min): | Enter the number of minutes that LDP should wait before refreshing the display. |
Refresh | Manually refreshes the display. |
The Options menu Options:
Bind Options
Option | Description |
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Function Type | Specifies a category of authentication that LDP will use when choosing authentication methods. |
Generic | Specifies that a standard authentication protocol will be used. |
Simple | Specifies that no authentication protocol will be used and the password will be sent in clear text. |
Extended | Not available. |
Method | Selects the type of authentication that LDP will use when passing credentials. |
Synchronous | Use this checkbox to specify that the authenticating server must respond immediately to requests. This option only works with Simple authentication. |
Use auth. identit | Allows the use of alternate authentication credentials. All authentication methods except simple require synchronous calls. |
Search Options
Option | Description |
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Time Limit | Specifies the number of milliseconds that the search can take on the server. By default the maximum is 120 seconds. |
Size Limit | Specifies the maximum number of bytes that the search can return. Entering a null value does not place a maximum size on the data returned. |
Timeout (s) | Specifies the number of seconds that LDP will wait for the LDAP server to respond to a search request. |
Timeout (ms) | Specifies the number of milliseconds that LDP will wait for the LDAP server to respond to a search request. |
Page Size | Limits each page of returned data to the specified number of bytes. |
Attributes | Specifies which attributes will be returned in the search. Separate multiple attributes with a semicolon. Use the asterisk (*) wildcard character to indicate all attributes. |
Search Call Type | Specifies a call type to be used in the search. If the search will take some time, then selecting async allows you to perform other tasks while waiting for the search to complete. |
Attributes Only | Select this checkbox to return only attributes of objects. The distinguished name will not be returned. |
Chase Referrals | Performs a search for objects found in external LDAP driectories. By default, objects' external LDAP directories' trusts will only return a referral instead of the actual object. |
Display Results | Displays a detailed list of objects returned by the search. By default only a success or failure, and the number of objects found, is displayed. |
Sort Keys | Selecting this button will open the Sort Keys Option dialog box. See Sort Keys in the Options menu. |
Controls | Selecting this button will open the Controls Option dialog box. |
Pending Options
Opens a dialog box that places filters on the list of processes that have not yet completed.
Option | Description |
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All search results | Specifies that all search results will be displayed. |
Blocking | Clear this checkbox to set a time limit. |
Time Limit (sec): | Specifies a time limit in seconds. |
Time Limit (millisec): | Specifies a time limit milliseconds |
General Options
Option | Description |
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Value Parsing Section | |
Binary | Displays the LDAP information in its native numerical format. |
String | Converts the LDAP information from its native format to ASCII characters,so that it is more readable when displayed. This is the default setting. Values that are too long to be converted are still displayed in binary form. |
LDAP Version Section | Specifies which version of LDAP the server is using. The default is version 3. |
DN Processing Section | Converts the distinguished names, displayed into component parts, by extending the data types that LDP returns when performing a command. This option is useful for LDP developers. |
Buffer Size Section
Option | Description |
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Page | Specifies the number of lines returned that will be displayed by LDP per command. |
Line | Specifies the number of characters returned that will be displayed by LDP per command. |
Auto default NC query | Specifies that LDP should query the default naming context when
a connection to the LDAP server is made. The default naming context
is the RootDSE. This setting is used when the distinguished name
value in the |
Virtual List View (VLV) Section
Option | Description |
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Auto VLV browse when continer size is greater than: | Selecting this checkbox displays a pop-up window of a virtual list view, whenever the object count is greater than the value displayed in the input box. The default value is 100. |
Connection Options
Opens a dialog box that allows the value of any option to be changed.
Option Name | Enter the name of the option whose value will be reset. |
Value | Enter the new value for the specified option. |
Set | Sends the information to the LDAP Directory. |
TLS Options
Starts or stops a secure session with the LDAP server using Transport Level Security (TLS). |
Controls Option
Use LDAP controls to extend the functionality of LDAP. |
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Sort Keys Option
Sort Keys is a type of control that formats the display of search results. |
For more information find sortKeyRequestControl in the Understanding LDAP whitepaper published by Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com/).
The Utilities menu Options:
Large Integer Converter | For developers to convert large integers into High and Low parts. |
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