Description
The RPTU has a centrally stored address book, a so-called Active Directory (AD), which is automatically updated and contains the e-mail addresses of all employees. Your Thunderbird can access the data in this address book via a network protocol, the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol(LDAP).
In the following instructions, you will learn how to configure the use of the AD of RPTU as an address book in your Thunderbird.
Prerequisites
- RPTU employee account
- S/MIME certificate is integrated in Thunderbird
- Then make the settings as follows:
- Name: freely selectable (e.g.: uni-kl.de)
- Server address: dc01.uni-kl.de
- Port number: 636
Important: Activate the option "Use encrypted connection (SSL)"! - Base DN: dc=uni-kl,dc=en
- Bind-DN: RPTU-Accountname@rptu.de (e.g.: mus77ter@rptu.de)
- Confirm the entry with "OK".
- When you make your first request, the LDAP server will ask you to authenticate with a certificate.
Select the S/MIME certificate integrated in Thunderbird and confirm with OK.
If no certificate is stored, the search will not return any results. In this case, first follow the instructions for creating a user certificate and integrating the certificate into Thunderbird.
