Changing the authentication method

You can change the authentication method for server security by using the -sssAuthenticationMode dbadmin command-line switch.

About this task

When you enable server security, the default authentication method is to enter your user name and password. You can use three authentication methods. The following table contains details about each method.

Authentication Method Parameter Description
User name and password UsernamePassword

The server verifies the user name and encrypted password that the client provides.

User keys UserKeys The server identifies the user by checking the user key mappings against its distinguished name. This information is stored inside the client's certificate. To use this method, all Rational DOORS users must be mapped to their corresponding keys, and when they start the client, the correct certificate must be used. For example, a standard user named test_user1 is allocated a unique certificate that was purchased or created by the system administrator. The certificate contains test_user1's information, including a distinguished name such as TEST_user1. The Rational® DOORS® database manager maps the user to the certificate by adding the distinguished name to the user profile; for example, the user key DN=TEST_user1.
User name, password, and user key UsernamePasswordAndUserKeys The server does the same operations for user keys first and then for the user name and password.

Procedure

To change the server security authentication method, enter the dbadmin command by using the -sssAuthenticationMode Authentication_Method command-line switch. For example, to set the user keys method, enter dbadmin.exe -d 36700@IBMEDSERV -keyDB C:\path_to_certificate\db\client_authentication.kdb -certName DBM1 -P dbadmin_password -sssAuthenticationMode UserKeys.
Related tasks:
Enabling server security

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