Administration Guide › Set Up Authentication › Authentication Levels › Set the Authentication Level

Set the Authentication Level

You can set the authentication level at the following levels in DXmanager:

• Backbone—This works as a default value for the whole directory.
• Namespace partition—This affects all DSAs that serve that partition.

To change the authentication levels

1. Log in to DXmanager as a user with the Change or Superuser role.
2. Ensure that DXmanager is in Edit mode.
3. To change this value for the whole backbone, do the following:
   1. Click the Maps tab and display the Topology map.
   2. Right-click on the Backbone icon, and then select Edit properties.
   3. In the Security section, check or uncheck one or more of the Authentication levels boxes, and then click OK.
4. To change this value for a single namespace partition, do the following:
   1. Click the Maps tab and display the Namespace map.
   2. Right-click on the partition you want this setting applied to, and then select Edit properties.

      The inherited authentication levels are displayed in the Security section.

      If you want to change the value, click Override, and check or uncheck one or more of the Authentication levels boxes.

      If you want to inherit the value from the backbone, click Inherit.

   3. Click OK.

Note: You do not need to set the level of authentication for an incoming request to a DSA, because the DSA does this automatically.