Autoconfiguration ----------------- This document explains how system administrators at sites with large numbers of Connector users can customize the details of Connector account autoconfiguration. (The basic details about how and when autoconfiguration happens are in the Evolution user documentation.) The general idea is that you can provide certain autoconfiguration hints by creating a file /etc/ximian/connector.conf or ${PREFIX}/etc/connector.conf with information like: OWA-URL: https://exchange.rupertcorp.com/exchange/ Global-Catalog: ad1.rupertcorp.com Basic Autoconfiguration ----------------------- When autoconfiguring, Connector asks the user for the OWA URL, plus the user's username and password. If the Exchange server supports NTLM ("secure password") authentication, Connector will be able to find the NT and Windows 2000 domain names, eg "RUPERTCORP" and "rupertcorp.com" respectively. If DNS is set up correctly, Connector can then find the name of a Global Catalog server for that domain: $ host -t srv _gc._tcp.rupertcorp.com _gc._tcp.rupertcorp.com SRV 0 100 3268 ad1.rupertcorp.com. And given the global catalog, and certain information stored in the Exchange mailbox, Connector can then find the user's full name, email address, etc, to complete autoconfiguration. Explicitly specifying the OWA URL --------------------------------- You can specify a default OWA URL to use with the "OWA-URL" hint. Eg: OWA-URL: https://exchange.rupertcorp.com/exchange/ Explicitly specifying the Global Catalog server ----------------------------------------------- If the Exchange server has been configured to not allow NTLM authentication, or if there is an intercepting HTTP proxy on your network that unintentionally interferes with NTLM authentication, then Connector will have to use Plaintext Password authentication. In this case, Connector will not be able to autodetect the global catalog name. Similarly, if the user is trying to configure Connector from outside the firewall, it is possible that the DNS pointer to the GC server will not be visible. In either case, you can add a "Global-Catalog" hint to the config file: Global-Catalog: ad1.rupertcorp.com If autoconfiguration cannot determine the global catalog name (either automatically or by looking in the config file) then the user will need to enter it manually. Explicitly specifying domain information ---------------------------------------- You can also add: NT-Domain: RUPERTCORP This is useful if Plaintext Password authentication will be required and the Exchange server does not automatically assume that domain. Other config hints ------------------ GAL-Limit: 500 Default search size limit for GAL searches. Disable-Plaintext: True Makes autoconfiguration refuse to fall back to Plaintext Password if NTLM doesn't work.