(Optional) Setting Up Directory Authentication
This section discusses how to:
Use map authentication.
View user properties.
For information about setting up authentication servers, user profile maps, and role membership rules, refer to the following documentation.
Pages Used to Set Up Directory Authentication
Page Name |
Definition Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
---|---|---|---|
Authentication |
DSSECMAPMAIN |
|
Create a mapping for the directory that the system relies on for authenticating users. |
Mandatory User Properties |
DSUSRPRFLMANMAP |
|
Specify the attributes required for sign-in. You can have the system retrieve these mandatory values from the directory server, or you can enter default values. |
Optional User Properties |
DSUSRPRFLOPTMAP |
|
Specify optional user properties to store in and retrieve from the directory. You can specify general, permission list, and workflow attributes. All these attributes appear in the User Profile component. |
Authentication Page
Use the Authentication page (DSSECMAPMAIN) to create a mapping for the directory that the system relies on for authenticating users.
Image: Authentication page
This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Authentication page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.
![Authentication page](img/i-1de106ban-7ee1.png)
Use this page to create a mapping for the directory that the system relies on for authenticating users.
Mandatory or Optional User Properties page
Use the Mandatory User Properties page (DSUSRPRFLMANMAP) to specify the attributes required for sign-in.
You can have the system retrieve these mandatory values from the directory server, or you can enter default values.
Image: Mandatory User Properties page
This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Mandatory User Properties page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.
![Mandatory User Properties page](img/i-1de106ban-7f04.png)
Select Authentication Map and set check boxes and field values as needed.
Use the Optional User Properties page (DSUSRPRFLOPTMAP) to specify optional user properties to store in and retrieve from the directory.
You can specify general, permission list, and workflow attributes. All these attributes appear in the User Profile component.
Image: Optional User Properties page
This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Optional User Properties page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.
![Optional User Properties page](img/i-1de106ban-7ef9.png)
Use the Mandatory User Properties page or the Optional User Properties page to specify the attributes required for sign-in. You can have the system retrieve these mandatory values from the directory server, or you can enter default values.
The default shows the Attribute Name field available. If you select the Use Constant Value check box, the Constant Value field becomes available instead.