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Provider Element

The Provider element includes the following subelements:

• Credentials (required)

  Supplies the username and password for accessing the database.

• DSN (required)

  Identifies the ODBC datasource to use when connecting to the user store.

A completed database connection resembles the following:

<Provider type="RDB" userdirectory="@SMDirName">
	<Credentials user="@SMDirUser"
		cleartext="true">@SMDirPassword</Credentials>
	<DSN name="@SMDirDSN" />

The parameters for the Provider element are as follows:

• type

  Specifies the type of database. For Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle databases, specify RDB (default).

• userdirectory

  Specifies the name of the user directory connection. This parameter corresponds to the name that you supply when installing the Administrative UI.