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Enabling AREA authentication

You use the AREA API to create an AREA server, which mediates between the data source and . (The AREA API is installed with the  C API.) The  provides the name, password, and IP address in a remote call to the AREA server, which validates the name and password and then passes the account information back to the . The  combines the account and user schema information.

Related topics

Configuring AR System servers to use the AREA LDAP plug-in

Implementing AREA authentication

  1. Create a library (.dll or .so) to handle AREA API calls. See these sections:
  2. Link to the AREA library.
  3. Install the AREA library on the computers that contain the .
  4. Configure the  to use external authentication. See Configuring authentication processing.

Installing the sample AREA LDAP plug-in

 includes a sample AREA LDAP plug-in, which is installed during installation if you select the  option. To configure the plug-in, see Configuring the AREA LDAP plug-in.

 

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AR System 22.1