Security Adapter for Database Authentication

Siebel CRM provides a database security adapter mechanism for credential collection and verification. The default login form collects Siebel user name and password credentials. The security adapter works with the underlying security systems of the database to verify users’ credentials.

With database authentication, each user must have a valid database account in order to access a Siebel application. The database administrator (DBA) must add all user database accounts. Database authentication deployment supports password hashing for protection against hacker attacks.

Any Siebel application can use database authentication, which is configured as the default. However, some functionality provided by Siebel CRM, such as workflow processes to support user self-registration or forgotten password scenarios (capabilities commonly used in customer applications), require authentication using LDAP security adapters. For this reason, database authentication is rarely used with customer applications.

Note: The exact valid character set for a Siebel user name and password depends on the underlying authentication system. For database authentication, refer to documentation from your RDBMS vendor.