[Info-vax] Externally authenticated users

[Michael D. Ober]

"Syltrem" <syltremzulu at videotron.ca> wrote in message 
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>> SYS$ACM automagically handles externally authenticated users, unless you
>> override it by supplying an item of ACME$_TARGET_DOI_NAME with a value of 
>> "VMS" as one of the itemlist items in the call.
>>
>> Explicitly specifying the VMS DOI item to $ACM is the equivalent of
>> using the "/LOCAL" login switch.
>>
>> BTW Are you using the Microsoft DOI (Pathworks) or LDAP for the external 
>> accounts? I've been using LDAP here quite successfully (authenticating 
>> against Active Directory)
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> Thank you very much for the information. This is quite helpful and exactly 
> what I was looking for. I have forwarded it to my vendor.
>
> I tried both Pathworks and LDAP and my application behaves the same way 
> with both.
> Since I have an Integrity server in my cluster - which can form a cluster 
> all by itself if need be - I settled to use LDAP. The authentication 
> server is Windows AD.
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> Regards,
> Syltrem
>

The LDAP/AD integration works well.  I just wish HP would allow multiple 
LDAP servers, so when you're doing the monthly MS updates, you can still 
authenticate.

Mike.