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How Siebel Remote Uses Security Adapter Authentication


An authentication system is a data store that holds the information that allows the user to connect to a data source or to a server component. This information typically includes a database account and a Siebel user ID. The authentication system that Siebel Remote uses resides outside of the server database.

Guidelines for Using a Security Adapter

Siebel Remote can use a security adapter to authenticate a synchronization for a remote client. A security adapter is a plug-in to the Authentication Manager. To get the Siebel user ID, the security adapter uses credentials from a database account and, optionally, a set of roles from the authentication system. The user enters these credentials or an authentication service provides them. The Synchronization Manager server component accepts requests for synchronization and manages the synchronization. It delivers credentials to the security adapter and receives the server database credentials of the user from the security adapter.

If you configure Siebel Remote to use a security adapter, then consider the following guidelines:

  • You can use the following parameters:
    • Security Adapter Mode. Specifies the type of authentication that the security adapter uses.
    • Security Adapter Name. Specifies the name of the security adapter profile, which is the named subsystem.

      You can set these parameters for a Siebel Enterprise, a Siebel Server, or for a server component. Any setting that you make at a lower level, such as at the component level, overrides any setting that you make at a higher level, such as at the enterprise level. If you must set these parameters at the component level for use with synchronization, then you set them in the Synchronization Manager server component. For more information, see About the Siebel Enterprise and the Siebel Enterprise Server.

  • You can use the same folder or different folders for synchronization authentication and for authentication with other data sources or server components.
  • You cannot configure Siebel Remote to use Web Single Sign On for synchronization.

For more information, see How Siebel Remote Validates Synchronization and Siebel Security Guide.

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