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IBM Cognos 10 Platform => Cognos 10 BI => Cognos Administration => Topic started by: NTM on 15 Dec 2013 07:27:26 PM

Title: No LDAP Users or Groups in Cognos Administration
Post by: NTM on 15 Dec 2013 07:27:26 PM
We currently have an OpenLDAP directory set up.  I would love to be able to use that directory for Cognos.  In Cognos Configuration, I was able to add an authentication namespace.  That namespace tests okay, and any user is able to successfully authenticate from the Cognos log in screen.  The problem is that I cannot grant any permissions to users or assign groups or roles.  From Cognos Administration, my new namespace shows up, but it is not a hyperlink, so I can't see any users or groups within that namespace.
Is the problem that we are using OpenLDAP instead of Active Directory?  If it works for users to log in, why can't it see the groups or users from within Cognos Administration?
Title: Re: No LDAP Users or Groups in Cognos Administration
Post by: sunosoft on 15 Dec 2013 08:46:34 PM
Please check if the ID which you are trying to login is created in the LDAP directory or not. I mean to say you need to login to that namespace which is not happening.

Check if below link can help you

http://businessintelligence.ittoolbox.com/groups/technical-functional/cognos8-l/multiple-namespace-cognos-84-4464108

Title: Re: No LDAP Users or Groups in Cognos Administration
Post by: NTM on 15 Dec 2013 09:30:43 PM
Thank you!  I did not realize that I had to log in to each namespace at the same time, but that did the trick.  Awesome!
Title: Re: No LDAP Users or Groups in Cognos Administration
Post by: sunosoft on 15 Dec 2013 09:47:58 PM
Thats great. :)