Parameters for operating system configuration

The following parameters are used for authentication against the local operating system.

Parameter Description
authType The user repository type.

The required value is OS.

No default value.

authDaemonPath The explicit path of the privileged authentication daemon.

A valid value is the canonical path to the sagssxauthd2 module including the name of the executable itself. For example:

/opt/softwareag/common/security/ssx/auth/sagssxauthd2

See also Using the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) on UNIX.

No default value.

Note: UNIX only.
defaultGroup Optional.

A default group name to be returned with any of the group results that are returned by the repository manager.

A valid value is any valid group name.

No default value.

noImpersonation Optional. Boolean.

How to access data.

Valid values:

  • true - Access is under the account of the running process.
  • false - Default value. The data access is under the impersonated user ID of the logged on user.
Note: Windows only.
winNoDefaultDomain Optional. Boolean.

Whether to authenticate against the local machine only.

Valid values:

  • true - If the local machine is a member of a domain, ensure not to authenticate against the domain.
  • false - Default value. The behavior depends on the configuration of the local machine, but this usually means to also authenticate against the domain of the machine.
Note: Windows only.
unixAddMachineName Optional. Boolean.

Prepend the local machine name (on which the user is authenticated). The machine name is added before users and groups. For example:

machine_name\user

Valid values:

  • true - If set to true (and there is no domain field), you are authenticated against the local machine only.
  • false - Default value. You are authenticated on the domain that you logged on.
Note: UNIX only.