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Validation Types

Validation types authenticate users only under the following circumstances:

• The user access type does not permit external authentication.
• The user access type permits external authentication, but the user has not been validated externally (for example, the user has attempted access through a nonsecure server).

CA SDM provides you with the following validation options:

• No Access—Users of this type have no access unless external authentication is allowed and is valid.
• Open—Users of this type have access, with no additional authentication required.
  • OS—Users of this type enter their operating system password for access. The operating system used for validation is the one running User Validation Host. This option is the default validation type for the administrator, analyst, and employee access types.

    Note: For more information about User Validation Host, see the Implementation Guide.

  • PIN—Users of this type gain access by entering the correct value for the PIN field in their contact record as their password. You define the PIN field by entering the field attribute name when you select PIN as the validation type. PIN is the default validation type for the customer access type, which uses the value in the customer ID (contact_num) field as the PIN.

    Note: For a list of attribute names for the cnt object, which is the object defined for the Contact table, see the Technical Reference Guide.