HP-UX Integrated Login
Overview
Overview
At release 10.0, HP-UX made available a new HP-UX Integrated Login product that differs from the DCE-Integrated Login Utilities provided on HP-UX 9.x systems. Whereas DCE-Integrated Login Utilities are tightly coupled with DCE, HP-UX Integrated Login is designed to modularly combine UNIX login with various authentication technologies, including DCE.
HP-UX Integrated Login combines UNIX login with other authentication technologies. It provides a generic interface which login applications can use to interface with various user-authentication technologies.
Connection initiated via Secure Internet Services (SIS) will not result in DCE credentials on the server.
This release offers the following authentication technologies:
•UNIX mechanism (/etc/passwd)
•DCE Security Services
On a system using HP-UX Integrated Login, the authentication technology is configured by a system administrator. The configuration chosen is known as the “authentication policy” and all Integrated Login utilities on the system enforce that policy. An authentication policy specifies the following:
•The login technology— The preferred user-authentication technology for granting access to the local system.
•The fallback technology— The backup authentication technology, which is used when the preferred login technology is unavailable or fails.
•Additional technologies— Technologies, in addition to the login technology, for which user authentication should be done once access to the local system is granted.
