Below is a description of how to configure your Thunderbird address book with Active Directory (AD).
The information that you need is the following:
Server Address: d.ethz.ch Server Port: 636 with SSL Search Base DN: DC=d,DC=ethz,DC=ch Bind DN: < your-eth-username>@ethz.ch Search filter: ( &(objectclass=organizationalPerson)(ou=*))
Important: Note that this AD Server is only reachable from ETH Networks (incl. VPN).
Configuration for Thunderbird
Open the Settings, select the “Composing”-tab and then search for “Addressing”. Check the “Directory Server” and click on “Edit Directories…” as illustrated in the following image:
Then click on “Add” and enter the information described above (Server Address, Port, Base DN, …) as follows, then click on “Ok”:
Then select/activate the configured “Directory Server”:
For the search to work properly, you will need to change the “DisplayName” as follows. Go to the “General” and at the bottom of the page click on “Config Editor…”:
Search for “ldap” and modify the value of the attribute “DisplayName” with “gecos”:
You are now ready to use the address book. Note that the first time you search, you will be asked to enter your ETH e-mail password, e.g:
