LDAP is an industry standard for accessing directory services over a network. You can store server information on a centralized LDAP server rather than in an interfaces file—see “LDAP as a directory service”.
You can also use LDAP to store and manage user access to Adaptive Server.
With LDAP services enabled:
Adaptive Server authenticates clients with data from an LDAP server.
Users authenticate with passwords stored on an LDAP server rather than in the syslogins catalog. The LDAP server provides a centralized location for login accounts—both names and passwords.
Adaptive Server servers share user login data stored on the LDAP server.
Information formerly stored in syslogins is now managed and stored on an LDAP server. It is cached locally to preserve referential integrity and for other, database-specific uses.
Adaptive Server group, role, and database user information continues
to be stored and managed on Adaptive Server, not on the LDAP server.
With LDAP enabled, users have a single login and password throughout the enterprise.
Single sign-on is available with Kerberos support. If Kerberos is enabled, user authentication is handled using Kerberos.
