Authentication realms

Authentication realms manage users and determine user identity within authorization realms.

Users can be created manually or imported from external systems, such as LDAP. Authentication is determined following the hierarchy of realms that is displayed on the Authentication Realms pane. In the example below, authentication is first determined in the Internal Security realm followed by the LDAP realm. A user that is listed in the LDAP realm can have different authorizations from those in the other realms.

Figure 1. Authentication realms precedence

If you have a number of authentication realms, you can reorder them using the operation tools. Each realm can be moved up to a higher priority, moved down, or deleted by using the operation tools.

For information about authorization realms, see Authorization realms.


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