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You can use the Eucalyptus LDAP/Active Directory (AD) integration to synchronize existing LDAP/AD user and group information with Eucalyptus.
When you enable LDAP/AD synchronization, Eucalyptus imports specified user and group information from LDAP or AD and maps them into a predefined two-tier account/group/user structure
Note that Eucalyptus only imports the identities and some related information. Any Eucalyptus-specific attributes are still managed from Eucalyptus. These include:
Also note that special identities, including system administrators and account administrators, are created in Eucalyptus and not imported from LDAP/AD. Only normal user identities are imported.
This only applies if LDAP/AD integration is not enabled. If LDAP/AD integration is enabled, the only passwords that can be changed are users not associated with LDAP/AD. These users are as follows: