Defining Default Authentication Mode
In HOPEX (Windows Front-End) you can set authentication to:
• LDAP
If your enterprise has an LDAP authentication system, it is preferable to manage your authentication using an LDAP directory.
• Standard (by default)
If you have no standard authentication system in your enterprise, you can use the authentication system managed within HOPEX platform.
HOPEX proposes the following authentication modes:
• MEGA authentication (by default)
• Windows authentication, which corresponds to Single Sign On.
• LDAP authentication
Viewing default authentication mode
In the environment options, you can view and modify the default Defined Authentication Mode.
To view default authentication mode:
1. Access environment options.
2. In the options tree, expand the Installation folder and select User Management.
3. In the right pane, view the value of the Authentication Mode option.
By default at installation, the authentication mode is "Standard", it is MEGA authentication mode.
Defining default authentication mode to LDAP
Users are managed in an LDAP directory and authentication is managed by the LDAP directory.
The authentication mode of users already created is not impacted (they keep their defined authentication mode). Only users created after the default authentication mode change are concerned. To define default LDAP authentication mode:
1. Access environment options.
2. In the options tree, expand the Installation folder and select User Management.
3. In the right pane, specify "LDAP" for the Authentication Mode option.
Modifying the user authentication mode
User authentication mode is defined on the login by the Authentication Mode parameter. The value of this parameter is inherited at user creation from the value of the Authentication Mode option defined in the environment options (see Viewing default authentication mode).
To modify the authentication mode of a user, see Defining the Login of a Person.