In addition to user authentication, the User Management database provides you with the ability to designate a user as a CT User and thereby control their access rights (user authorization). You can use the User Management to authorize users who are authenticated by any of the following methods:

• User Management

• Local Linux accounts

• External Directory service such as Active Directory Services or OpenLDAP

• Active Directory Services using Kerberos (a specific implementation of an external directory)

To use AE Services User Management for authorization, you must follow these basic steps:

• Add each user to User Management (User Management > User Admin > Add User) and set the CT User field to Yes. See Adding a user to User Management.

• Enable the Security Database (SDB). See APIs that use the Security Database.

• Administer the settings in the SDB. See Chapter 6: The Security Database.