Users and roles

Authentication

Users can connect to a central server using these authentication methods:

• Password
• GSSAPI
• SSPI
• Kerberos
• LDAP
• RADIUS
• PAM
• SSL Certificate

This authentication information is contained on central servers hosted in a secure data centre environment and is never propagated to an edge server.

Individual users can be allowed/denied login access as and when required.

Roles

Uses can be granted zero, one or more roles to permit them particular management abilities and/or query access to particular database objects and/or regions of the network.