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Authentication of Login Data

Jobs and file transfers must log on to the OS before they can be processed. Login data is stored in Login objects.

The agent provides two methods of authenticating user nameName of the Automation Engine user. and passwords.

  1. Local user authentication
  2. Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)

PAM authentication is only supported for the agent on AIX, Linux and Sun Solaris (SPARC).

The method to be applied is specified in the agent's INI file. The section [MISC] includes the parameter authentication= to which you can assign the value "local" or "PAM".

Example:

[MISC]
authentification=local

If you opt for PAM authentication, also specify the library name.

Example:

[PAM]
Libname=libpam.so

Store the path for the library in the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH if it is not stored in the default directory.

The agent must have root privileges.

 

See also:

Login Object