Questions Regarding Implementing OFSAA with LDAP (Doc ID 1380894.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 03, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure - Version 8.0.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications (OFSAA)
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
Active Directory (AD)
Oracle Unified Directory (OUD)

Purpose

This document lists frequently asked questions regarding implementing Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications (OFSAA) with LDAP security and Microsoft Active Directory (MS AD).

Questions and Answers

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Questions and Answers

How do you configure OFSAA with LDAP?

Is the use of multiple LDAP directories supported in OFSAA?

Can you exclude high-level administration accounts from the LDAP Login Process?

For Microsoft LDAP, does OFSAA support having the user login using the Windows login credentials?

For MS LDAP, are there instructions for configuring OFSAA so that, when a user enters the application URL, their credentials are validated automatically against MS Active Directory (AD), the login page is bypassed, and they are automatically forwarded to the application screen?

Can you create user groups in the MS AD so that addition/deletion/modification of users to the predefined groups can be done in the MS AD without having to do at the OFSAA application level?

Does OFSAA Support Oracle Identity Manager (OIM)?

Is OPEN LDAP 2.2.29 required if OFSAA can directly link to MS Active Directory (AD)?

Does OFSAA persistently connect/bind?

Will the OFSAA support the disable of DNS caching?

Will the OFSAA support searching with a blank or anonymous ID/Password?

Will the OFSAA require the extension of the directory schema?

How will the OFSAA search for users in the directory?

Is there an OFSAA requirement for group nesting?

How will OFSAA authorize users?

Does OFSAA use internal tables to store authorization information?

Does OFSAA pull the authorization attribute from the user?

Does OFSAA make a LDAP query against the user for authorization?

Does OFSAA pull the authorization attribute from a group?

Does OFSAA make a LDAP query against a group for authorization?

Does OFSAA support using OUD with LDAP?

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