Disabling validation for Active Directory sAMAccountName and domain

You can change settings to disable validation for Active Directory sAMAccountName and domain.

1. Log on to the Analyzer detail view server or Analyzer probe server through an SSH client (like putty) as a root user.
2. Stop the crond service and verify the status with these commands:

   service crond stop
   service crond status

3. Stop the megha service and verify the status with these commands:

   /usr/local/megha/bin/megha-jetty.sh stop
   /usr/local/megha/bin/megha-jetty.sh status

4. Go to the /usr/local/megha/conf directory:

   cd /usr/local/megha/conf

5. (If the custom directory does not exist) create it as follows:

   mkdir custom

6. (If the custom.properties file does not exist), create it in the custom directory.
7. Change ownership of the custom directory:

   chown -R megha:megha /usr/local/megha/conf/custom

8. Open the custom.properties file and add the following properties:
   • To disable validation for sAMAccountName:

     ad.validate.username=false

   • To disable validation for domain:

     ad.validate.domain=false

9. Save the changes.
10. Start the megha service and verify the status with these commands:

    /usr/local/megha/bin/megha-jetty.sh start
    /usr/local/megha/bin/megha-jetty.sh status

11. Start the crond service and verify the status with these commands:

    service crond start
    service crond status