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For connecting with the Global Catalog server (when [Active Directory Global
Catalog] is selected in Step 2)
The following shows an example (where the parent domain name is example.com,
and subdomain name is sub.example.com) for [Search Base (DN)]. The italic text
represents variable character strings.
Example: When searching in whole domain
no [Search Base (DN)] setting, or DC=example, DC=com
Identical regular user login availability differs according to whether a
sAMAccountName or userPrincipalName is used as the login name, as shown
below.
Yes: Possible —: Not Possible
Regular User
Login Name
Login Possible
Top: sAMAccountName
Bottom: userPrincipleName
User A userA Yes
userA@example.com Yes
User H userH —
userH@sub.example.com Yes
example.com CN=Users
OU= depa rtment OU=section A
OU=section B
Administrator01
User A
User B
User C
User D
User E
LDAP Tree : Exampl e
sub.example.co m
userA
userA@ example.co m
CN=Users
OU= depa rtment OU=F
OU=G
Administrator02
User H
User I
User J
User K
User L
userH
userH@su b.example.co m
Top:sAMAccountNam e
Bottom:userP rincipalNam e
sAMAccountName
userP rincipalNam e