User Authentication

Determines the method for allowing or denying a user the right to communicate with WebLogic Server. Set this attribute to one of the following values:

• Bind--The LDAP security realm retrieves user data, including the password for the LDAP server, and checks the password in WebLogic Server.

• External--The LDAP security realm authenticates a user by attempting to bind to the LDAP server with the username and password supplied by the WebLogic client.

• Local--The LDAP security realm authenticates a user by looking up the UserPassword attribute in the LDAP directory and checking its value against a set of passwords in WebLogic Server.

Default: "bind"

Valid values:

• "bind"

• "external"

• "local"

Configurable: yes

Readable: yes

Writable: yes

User Password Attribute

If the userAuthentication attribute is set to local, this attribute finds the attribute in the LDAP user objects that contains the passwords of the LDAP users.

Default: "userpassword"

Configurable: yes

Readable: yes

Writable: yes

User DN

A list of attributes that, when combined with the attribute named in the userNameAttribute attribute, uniquely identifies a user in the LDAP directory.

When specifying this attribute, use the following format:

ou=Barb.Klock, u=acme.com

Default:

Configurable: yes

Readable: yes

Writable: yes

User Name Attribute

The login name of a user for the LDAP directory. The value of this attribute can be the common name of a user in the LDAP directory. However, it is generally an abbreviated string, such as a User ID.

Configurable: yes

Readable: yes

Writable: yes