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Chapter6 Authentication and Federated Identity
Reference
Reference
•Software UI and Field Reference Tables, page6-31
•Sample SP Configuration File from DMM, page 6-37
•Sample IdP Configuration Files, page 6-38
•FAQs and Troubleshooting, page6-41
Software UI and Field Reference Tables
•Elements to Choose and Enable the Authentication Mode, page 6-31
•Elements to Define, Validate, and Add LDAP Filters, page 6-33
•Elements to Use LDAP Bookmarks for Synchronization, page6-34
•Elements to Schedule Synchronization, page 6-35
•Elements to Manage Attributes, page 6-36
Elements to Choose and Enable the Authentication Mode
Navigation Path
Administration > Security > Authentication > Select Mode
Table 6-1 Elements for the Authentication Mode
Element Description
Authentication Mode Area
Embedded Requires users who log in to DMM or Showand Share to authentica te against a user account
database that is native to DMM. This database is independent of every other type of
authentication that you might use in your network.
LDAP Automatically deletes all user accounts except superuser. Requires future users to authenticate
against the user account data from your ActiveDirectory server when they log in to DMM or
Show and Share.
Federation Automatically deletes all user accounts except superuser. Requires future users to authenticate
themselves to your IdP when they log in to DMM or Showand Share.
Federation Mode Elements Area
Last Successfully
Configured IdP
This value becomes populated for the first time after you succeed at least once in importing
configuration metadata into DMM from your IdP.
This element is visible only in federation mode.
IdP Configuration File Provides the means to import configuration metadata that you previously exported from your
IdP and saved to a file. Click Import to browse for the file, which you can then import.
This element is visible only in federation mode.