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Providing Security Adapter Authentication for Synchronizing the Local Database

An authentication system is a data store outside the Siebel Database in which the information that is required to allow users to connect to a data source or to a server component is maintained. This information typically consists of database accounts and Siebel user IDs.

A security adapter is a plug-in to the authentication manager. The security adapter uses the credentials entered by a user or supplied by an authentication service to retrieve the Siebel user ID, a database account, and, optionally, a set of roles from the authentication system.

Security adapters can be used in authentication of Mobile Web Client synchronization sessions. For information about other authentication methods for synchronization, see Authentication for Synchronizing the Local Database.

For context-independent guidelines and instructions for setting up security adapter authentication, see Security Guide for Siebel eBusiness Applications.

To implement security adapter authentication for synchronizing the local database, be aware of the following considerations:

• The Security Adapter Mode and Security Adapter Name parameters specify the type of security adapter authentication and the name of the security adapter profile (named subsystem), respectively. These parameters can be set for the enterprise, for a server, or for a component. Settings that are made at lower levels, such as the component level, override settings made at higher levels, such as the enterprise level. If you set these parameters at the component level for use with synchronization, the component to set is Synchronization Manager.
• The Synchronization Manager component accepts requests for synchronization and manages the synchronization session. As such, it is the component that delivers credentials to the security adapter and receives the user's database credentials from the security adapter.
• Web Single Sign On is not supported for synchronization.
• The same directory or different directories can be used for synchronization authentication as for authentication against other data sources or components.