OpenEdge uses different authentication mechanisms for the following components:

  • OpenEdge Management:
    • Database Administration Console (DAC)—Authenticates user identities against an operating system file of user accounts on disk. Supports the option to use the DAC user ID and password for managed database connections.
    • Unified Broker command-line utilities—Authenticates user identities directly against he OS user accounts.
  • OpenEdge DataServers:
    • OpenEdge schema holder database— uthenticates user identities in OpenEdge domains like any other OpenEdge database connection.
    • Foreign data source—Authenticates user identities as defined by the security system for the foreign data source. Some OpenEdge DataServers pass specified User ID (-U) and Password (-P) connection parameters to the foreign data source for authentication.