Authenticating in Rational Focal Point

Administrators can select the authentication method in the Authentication attribute of each user on the Manage Users page. To open the Manage Users page, click Users > Manage Users. IBM® Rational® Focal Point™ supports three methods for user authentication: Standard, IBM Rational Directory Server, and Web single sign-on (SSO).
Note: The Rational Directory Server and Web single sign-on methods are available only if they are enabled through SQL commands in the SQL interface.

Each user, including administrators, can have only one authentication method selected, but both Rational Directory Server and Web SSO can be activated for an installation. You might want to activate both methods so that regular users can authenticate by using Web SSO and administrators can authenticate by using Rational Directory Server. In this scenario, administrators can use Rational Directory Server to add and manage users, and regular users can log on to the product automatically.

To add users in Rational Directory Server, administrators must have the Authentication attribute set to Rational Directory Server. Administrators who have the Authentication attribute set to Web Single Sign-On or Standard can add users to Rational Focal Point only.


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