Configuring the user catalog in Active Directory

For Indeed Certificate Manager system to operate properly, certain rights to access Active Directory objects and certification authorities are required. You can distribute the privileges between several accounts, or create one with maximum rights for system management, depending on the requirements of the company security policy.

Create a user account (say, servicecm) to use with Indeed Identity container. The said account is used to perform data saving operations in Active Directory. The following permissions must be set for the said account:

• Full Control for the container that stores the system data (default name is “Indeed Identity”) and all of its descendant objects. To do so:

1. Open the Security property of the Indeed Identity container.
2. Click Add and specify the service account (servicecm).
3. Click Advanced, select the service account and click Edit.
4. Select the scope of This object and all descendant objects.
5. Set the Full control permission in the Permissions list.
6. Click ОК and then Apply.

• Permission to Read all Properties:

1. Open Security property of the object (domain, container or unit) that contains the Indeed CM system users.
2. Select the service account (servicecm) and then click Edit.
3. Select the Descendant User objects scope.
4. Set the Read all properties permission in the Properties list.
5. Activate the following checkboxes in the Properties list:

• • • Write: userAccountControl
    • Write: thumbnailPhoto or Write: jpegPhoto
    • Write: pwdLastSet

6. In the Permissions list, activate the Reset password checkbox.
7. Click ОК and then Apply.

The permission to read all user properties is set for all domain accounts by default. If security policies prohibit reading of all user properties, then set the rights for the service account to read only required properties, according to the Table 3.

When configuring the permissions to read user properties different from default ones, it is also necessary to permit the service account (servicecm) to read the values of object attributes (i.e. Domain, container or organizational unit) that contains Indeed CM users. These attributes are: cn, objectGUID, name and showInAdvancedViewOnly.

Table 3 – Attributes used by Indeed CM to work with user directory.