Hi, if there is a username that exists as both a local user (managed by Windows) as well as a Directory user (managed by OpenLDAP), and both are added to DataMiner (i.e.: it exists under Local and Domain) how does DataMiner handle the order of authentication and authorization of this particular username when the logs in? (e.g.: does it try to authenticate against Directory first then local or vice versa or <something else>?)
Hi Bing,
I think this will depend on how the user connects. For example, if you use username “username_12345” (or ‘.\username_12345’) DataMiner will try to login as a local user because there is no domain specified. If you log in as ‘domain.local\username_12345’ (or ‘username_12345@domain.local’) DataMiner will try to authenticate the user against the domain. This also matches my findings on my system.
So in short, if no domain is specified DataMiner will assume you’re trying to log in as a local user. If there’s a domain it will try to authenticate as a domain user.
Hi Jens, thanks for your guidance on this matter.