LEX Online Manual Content

• Introduction to LEX
  • First steps
    • License Splashscreen
    • ReadOnly PopUp
    • First LDAP Connection
  • LEX GUI Elements
    • The Treeview Panel
      • Reloading the Tree Structure
      • Hiding the Tree Structure
      • The currently selected Container
    • The Object List Panel
      • Reloading the Object List
      • Object List Scope
      • Object List Filter
      • Object Names Display
      • Object Attribute Columns
      • Sorting the Object List
      • Object Icons
    • The Attribute List Panel
      • Showing and Hiding the Attribute List
      • Attribute List Position
      • Refreshing the Attribute List Contents
      • Attribute List Filter
    • The Address Bar
    • The Command Button Bar
    • The Status Bar
    • The Attribute Window
      • Attribute Window Hotkeys
      • Attribute Window Command Buttons
      • Refreshing the Attribute Window Contents
      • Attribute Window Filter
      • Text Output
  • Command Line Parameters
• Command Buttons
  • Treeview Buttons
    • Expand/Collapse Tree Panel
    • Reload Directory Info
    • Reload Entire Directory Tree
    • Search
  • Object List Buttons
    • Expand/Collapse Tree Panel
    • Expand/Collapse Attribute List
    • Reload Object List
    • Go Up one Level
    • Show Objects in all Subcontainers
    • Create New Object
    • Delete Object
    • Show Friendly Object Names
    • Show Distinguished Name in Novell Notation
    • Show Hex Output for Hex Values
    • Set Object Filter
  • Attribute List Buttons
    • Toggle Attribute List Position
    • Reload Attribute Info
    • Add New Attribute
    • Add Attribute Element to an Array
    • Remove Attribute
    • Show only Attributes that have Values
    • Show Multivalued Attributes
    • Set Attribute List Filter
  • Attribute Window Buttons
    • Reload Attribute Info
    • Compare this Object with another
    • Add New Attribute
    • Add Attribute Element to an Array
    • Remove Attribute
    • Show only Attributes that have Values
    • Show Friendly Object Names
    • Show Distinguished Name in Novell Notation
    • Show Hex Output for Hex Values
    • Show Multivalued Attributes
    • Set Attribute List Filter
    • Show Attribute Names and Values
• Menu Help
  • Connection Menu
    • Connect
    • Save
    • New LEX
    • Disconnect
    • Connection Info
    • Attributes
    • RootDSE
    • Exit
  • Edit Menu
    • Copy Attribute Name
    • Copy Attribute Value
    • Paste Attribute
    • Search
    • Undelete
    • Set Password
    • Permissions
    • New Object
    • Delete Object
    • Move Object
    • Rename Object
    • Add New Attribute
    • Add Array Member
    • Remoe Attribute
    • Set empty Value
    • Quick Edit Value
    • Edit Attribute Value
  • View Menu
    • Set Attribute as List Column
    • Column Field Chooser
      • Object type
      • Date modified
      • Modifiers name
      • Date created
      • Creators Name
      • More
      • Load Column Set
      • Save Column Set
    • Filter Display for this Attribute
    • Jump to Object
    • Toolbars
      • Address Bar
      • Button Bar
      • Status Bar
    • Directory Tree
    • Attribute List
    • List Output Settings
      • Show Objects in all Subcontainers
      • Show Friendly Object Names
      • Show DNs in Novell Notation
      • Show Hex Output for Attributes with Hex Values
    • Attribute Output Settings
      • Show Hex Output for Attributes with Hex Values
      • Show only Attribute that have Values
      • Show Multivalued Attributes
    • Refresh
    • Reload Entire Tree
  • Favorites Menu
    • Add to Favorites
    • Organize Favorites
    • Sort by Name
  • Tools Menu
    • Use in Filter Factory
    • Select for Compare
    • Compare with...
    • Directory Export - Object List
    • Directory Export - Attribute List
    • Directory Import - LDIF
    • Filter Factory
    • TreeMap Factory
    • Observation Factory
    • Pipe Factory
    • Additional Infos/Tools
      • Resolve SID Attributes to Objects
      • Converter for numeric values
      • Converter for hex values
      • Converter for GUID values
      • Converter for SID values
    • Options
  • Help Menu
    • Index
    • Search
    • Online Support
    • Check for Updates
    • Activate existing License
    • About
• Application Options
  • General Tab
  • LDAP Settings Tab
  • Object Filter Tab
  • Attribute Filter Tab
  • Container Classes Tab
  • Attribute Syntaxes Tab
  • Linked Attributes Tab
  • Dialog Settings Tab
  • Colors Tab
• Application Hotkeys
• Connecting to LDAP Servers
  • The LDAP Connections Dialog
    • Server Tab
    • Advanced Tab
    • Attribute Filter Tab
    • Column Tabs
  • Connection Profiles
  • LDAPS / LDAP over SSL
• Working with LDAP Objects
  • Creating Directory Objects
  • Renaming Directory Objects
  • Moving Directory Objects
  • Deleting Directory Objects
  • Editing Multiple Objects
  • LDAP Object Classes
  • LDAP Attributes
    • Attribute Syntaxes
    • Attribute Editors
      • String Editor
      • Integer Editor
      • Boolean Editor
      • DN Editor
      • Generalized Timestring Editor
      • Binary / Hex Editor
      • Password Editor
      • Bitmap Editor
      • GUID Editor
      • Microsoft Security Descriptor Editor
      • Microsoft Access Control Entry Editor
      • Microsoft SID Editor
      • Microsoft Large Integer Editor
      • Microsoft Interval Editor
      • Microsoft Timestamp Editor
      • Microsoft DN with Binary Editor
      • Microsoft DN with String Editor
      • Novell Object ACL Editor
      • Novell Path Editor
      • Novell EMail Address Editor
      • Novell Timestamp Editor
      • Novell Backlink Editor
      • Novell Typed Name Editor
      • Flag Attribute Editor
    • Operational Attributes
    • Binary Attributes
    • Displaying Multivalued Attributes
    • Displaying Hex/Octetstring Attributes
    • Displaying DN Attributes
    • Displaying Unused Attributes
  • Undeleting Active Directory Objects
    • AD Tombstone Reanimation
    • AD Recycle Bin
  • Copy and Paste of Attribute Values
• Working with LDAP Directories
  • ReadOnly Mode
  • Directory Tree Caching
  • Container Class Evaluation
• Building LDAP Filters
  • LDAP Filter Syntax
  • The Filter Factory
  • The Filter Constructor
  • The Single Filter Editor
  • Famous Filters
• Searching The Directory
  • Search Results
  • Searching the Global Catalog in AD Environments
• Comparing Objects
  • Compare Window Hotkeys
  • Compare Window Command Buttons
• Exporting Directory Data
  • Exporting Object List Data
  • Exporting Attribute List Data
• Importing Directory Data
• Licensing Contract for Users

Connect

This menu options opens the LEX LDAP Connections dialog, were you can configure and open the connection to another directory server. There is a hotkey for this menu option: CTRL-O.

The LDAP Connections dialog:



A detailed description on LDAP connection operations can be found in the manual at the topic Connecting to LDAP Servers.

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Basicly you can do two things in the LDAP Connections dialog:

1. You can select an existing LDAP connection which was saved to disk before and activate it. A list of these connection profiles is shown on the left side of the dialog window.
2. You can configure a new connection (press the New button) by entering all the regarding settings on the right window panel. At least you have to configure the name/address of the LDAP server, the user credentials for authentication and the ldap base container, which you want to be displayed as the root in the browser.

If a new connection is activated, your currently active LDAP session will be disconnected and an LDAP bind operation will be performed to the regarding server. On a successful authentication, the configured base container will be evaluated for the according hierarchy information and the tree view cache. After that the objects are displayed in the LEX main window and you can start to browse the directory information.

The LDAP connection profiles which you can see on the left panel in the connection dialog will be saved in the Profile and Filter Storage Path. The profile files are stored there as files with name 'LEXProfile-*.ini'. They are binary encrypted with the Rijndael encryption (AES Advanced Encryption Standard). so if a user password is contained in the profile, it is very well protected against disclosure.