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SecurityYou can secure your HCL OneDB™ database server and the data that is stored in your HCL OneDB™ databases. You can encrypt data, secure connections, control user privileges and access, and audit data security.
Security in HCL OneDB™The HCL OneDB™ Security Guide documents methods for keeping your data secure by preventing unauthorized viewing and altering of data or database objects, including how to use the secure-auditing facility of the database server.
Securing data
Connection securityYou can administer the security of the connections to the database server by using authentication and authorization processes.
LDAP authentication support on Windows™
Configuring HCL OneDB™ for LDAP

Configuring HCL OneDB for LDAP

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To configure a server to use an LDAP Authentication Support module, edit the sqlhosts file. The system administrator must know:

The name of the module.
Whether the module raises a challenge in addition to accepting a simple user name and password combination.

The following sqlhosts file entry shows a server configured to use PAM challenge authentication:

ifxserver1 onsoctcp servermc portnum1 s=4,pam_serv=(pam_chal),pamauth=(challenge)

The following sqlhosts file entry shows a server configured to use PAM password authentication:

ifxserver2 onsoctcp servermc portnum2 s=4,pam_serv=(pam_pass),pamauth=(password)