Use Ldp.exe to Manage an AD LDS Instance

1. Open Ldp.
2. On the Connection menu, click Connect .
3. In Server , type the Domain Name System (DNS) name, NetBIOS name, or IP address of the computer on which the AD LDS instance is running.
4. In Port , type the LDAP or Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) communication port number that the AD LDS instance to which you want to connect is using, and then click OK .
5. On the Connection menu, click Bind .
6. Do one of the following:
   • To bind using the credentials that you logged on with, click Bind as currently logged on user .
     
   • To bind using a domain user account, click Bind with credentials , type the user name, password, and domain name (or the computer name, if you are using a local workstation account) of the account that you are using, and then click OK .
     
   • To bind using just a user name and password, click Simple bind , type the user name and password of the account that you are using, and then click OK .
     
   • To bind using an advanced method (NTLM, Distributed Password Authentication (DPA), negotiate, or digest), click Advanced (method) , click Advanced , in Methodselect the desired method, set other options as needed, and then click OK .
     
7. When you are finished specifying the bind options, click OK .
8. On the View menu, click Tree .
9. In the BaseDN list, click the distinguished name of the object to use as the base object in the navigation pane.

Additional considerations

• To open Ldp, click Start , point to Run , type ldp , and then click OK .
  
• The default communication port for LDAP is 389. The default communication port for SSL is 636.
  
• To connect to an AD LDS instance running on the local computer, type localhost as the server name.