Sarah P White

US Patent:

8516138, Aug 20, 2013

Filed:

Aug 31, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/873012

Inventors:

Matt R. Kuritzky - Poughkeepsie NY, US
Fabian F. Morgan - Austin TX, US
Sandra J. Schlosser - Austin TX, US
Sarah V. White Eagle - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709229

Abstract:

An authentication configurator may define a LDAP security group for LDAP authentication, wherein the LDAP security group is associated with rights. It may define a native security group for native authentication users, wherein the native authentication group has at least one right not present in the LDAP security group, and define customer-specified LDAP chains. It may configure an LDAP authentication web application and a native authentication web application, wherein the LDAP authentication web application and the native authentication web application each connect to a service management database, and the LDAP authentication web application uses the customer-specified LDAP chains. A first Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for LDAP authentication to access the LDAP authentication web application and a second URL for native authentication to access the native authentication web application may also be configured. It may assess the authentication requirements of a customer and create a user identifier, responsive to assessing.