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Enable users to access
Box
repository using a custom
Box
email address

  1. On the Home screen of the computer hosting
    BEMS
    , complete one of the following actions:
    Attributes
    Task
    The
    Box
    email address matches one of the following
    Microsoft Active Directory
    attributes:
    • mail
    • userPrincipalName
    • proxyAddresses
    • targetAddress
    No action is required.
    The
    Box
    email address matches a
    Microsoft Active Directory
    attribute other than the attributes listed above.
    Set the config value,
    LDAPUserCheckAttribute
    , to specify the
    Microsoft Active Directory
    attribute that contains the custom
    Box
    email address.
    1. On the computer hosting
      BEMS
      , open a command prompt and navigate to the
      client.bat
      file. By default, the file is located at
      <
      drive
      >:\Program Files\BlackBerry\BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server\Good Server Distribution\gems-quickstart-<
      version
      >\bin
      .
    2. Type
      client.bat -u
      domain name
      \
      username
      . Press
      Enter
      .
      • Where
        domain name
        is the name of the domain
        BEMS
        is located in.
      • Where
        username
        is the name of an administrator account on
        BEMS
        .
    3. Type the password for the
      BEMS
      user account. Press
      Enter
      .
    4. Set the LDAPUserCheckAttribute. Type
      docs:config
      Config-Name
      Config-Value
      .
      • Where
        Config-Name
        is LDAPUserCheckAttribute.
      • Where
        Config-Value
        is the name of the
        Microsoft Active Directory
        attribute you want to add. For example, BoxLogin.
    5. Optionally, confirm the
      Config-Value
      is set. Type
      docs:config
      Config-Name
    The
    Box
    email address does not match any
    Microsoft Active Directory
    attribute.
    Complete one of the following tasks:
    • Add an attribute to contain the
      Box
      email address and use the previous configuration. See the instructions above.
    • Enable the EnablePersonalBoxAccess config value to allow users to use personal
      Box
      email addresses without adding an attribute.
      If you use this method to allow users to use custom
      Box
      email addresses to access
      Box
      , users can copy documents from your organization's network to their private
      Box
      accounts.
      1. On the computer hosting
        BEMS
        , open a command prompt and navigate to the
        client.bat
        file. By default, the file is located at
        <
        drive
        >:\Program Files\BlackBerry\BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Server\Good Server Distribution\gems-quickstart-<
        version
        >\bin
        .
      2. Type
        client.bat -u
        domain name
        \
        username
        . Press
        Enter
        .
      3. Type the password for the
        BEMS
        administrator account. Press
        Enter
        .
      4. Set the
        EnablePersonalBoxAccess
        to 1 to enable the attribute. Type
        docs:config EnablePersonalBoxAccess 1
        .
      5. Optionally, confirm
        EnablePersonalBoxAccess
        is enabled. Type
        docs:config EnablePersonalBoxAccess
        .