The core UH LDAP servers are ldap.hawaii.edu (recommended) and ldap1.its.hawaii.edu (legacy) and are based on the uhEduPerson schema.
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- All people who have received a UH Number, meaning anyone who was, is or will shortly be a student, faculty, staff or guest at UH.
- See also UH Role Assignments, Role Transitions and Systems of Record
- The UH Online Directory relies on this branch for providing contact information for people.
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- Departmental/ Group UH Usernames
- Visiting individuals who have have been granted the ability to access the Internet from our campus(es).
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Accessing LDAP
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 Next Generation LDAP, Production | ldap.hawaii.edu | 389 | only for STARTTLS, clear binds are rejected, a Special DN is required |
| Next Generation LDAP, Test | ldap-test.its.hawaii.edu | 389 | only for STARTTLS, clear binds are rejected, a Special DN is required |
 Legacy, Slated for Retirement | ldap1.its.hawaii.edu | 389 | data goes over cleartext, do not provide any passwords when you connect |
| Legacy, Slated for Retirement | ldap1.its.hawaii.edu | 636 | LDAPS, encrypted, always use this when providing a password |
- Connecting to LDAP is referred to as binding.
- You cannot bind to LDAP anonymously, credentials are required for the Next Generation LDAP.
- You must must request a special DN in order to bind per UH Data Governance policies.
- Special DNs are only granted when CAS (the the Web Login Service) will not suffice.
- Special DN requests are subject to to E2.215 and and may require a Data Governance approval.
Our core UH LDAP service currently has data in three branches:
- ou=people,dc=hawaii,dc=edu
- All people who have received a UH Number, meaning anyone who was, is or will shortly be a student, faculty, staff or guest at UH.
- See also UH Role Assignments, Role Transitions and Systems of Record
- The UH Online Directory relies on this branch for providing contact information for people.
- ou=misc,dc=hawaii,dc=edu
- Departmental/ Group UH Usernames
- Visiting individuals who have have been granted the ability to access the Internet from our campus(es).
- ou=dept_listings,dc=hawaii,dc=edu
- Department listings, primarily used for printing or providing PDFs of the University Phone Directory.
Using LDAP to verify a UH username and password
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