This section describes the different methods of authenticating system users and describes how to configure a password policy.

Overview
Explains what authentication is.

Password Policy and Encryption
Describes system values that you can use to implement a password policy, and how to encrypt passwords in configuration files.

Trax Login
Describes how to use the Trax login authentication method.

NTLM Login
Describes how to use the NTLM login authentication method.

Database Login
Describes how to use the database login authentication method.

LDAP Login
Describes how to use the LDAP login authentication method.

Single Sign-On
Describes how to use single sign-on.

JAAS Authentication
Describes how to use the JAAS login authentication method.

Synchronize Users with DSML
Describes how to synchronize user credentials in the PRECISION user table with a central repository used for SAML authentication.

Troubleshoot with log4j
Describes how to troubleshoot authentication issues with log4j.

Punch-Out
Describes how to access the Web UI from an external Web page.

This section describes the setup of user authentication. User authentication identifies the user to the system and enables access. To ensure that a user must be authenticated before they can access the system, enable login authentication in the precision.properties file.

You can then specify a login method. Choose from one of these methods: