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Authentication Using Existing Accounts

If you already store account and role data in a database or directory, you can set up DXmanager to use this data for its own authentication.

If you use a database, it must contain at least two tables, including the following:

• A table containing one record for each account.

  This table must contain a column of account names and one of passwords.

• A table containing one record for every role that is assigned to the accounts.

  This table must contain a column of account names (the same values as in the previous table) and one of roles.

If you use a directory, each required login account must have in the directory a unique entry that corresponds to an element in the initial DirContext defined by the connectionURL attribute.

Note: For more information about the structure of the directory, check the Tomcat realms on the Apache site.