User ID and domain resolution

To allow users to authenticate with user names in different formats, OneSpan Authentication Server identifies user accounts via the user ID and domain.

Table: User name resolution in OneSpan Authentication Server provides a comparison overview of the user name resolution methods. For a description of each user name resolution method and user account identification, see :



Table: User name resolution in OneSpan Authentication Server
Feature User Name Resolution Type
  Windows Active
Directory
Simple
User can authenticate with UPN and SAM account name, even if different.  
User can authenticate with UPN that includes alternative UPN domain suffixes.
Supported where OneSpan Authentication Server is installed on a Windows machine which is a member server of the Windows domain.
Supported where the machine on which OneSpan Authentication Server is installed is either not a member server of the Windows domain or running a Linux operating system.  
Support for Active Directory users.
Support for Active Directory or Global Catalog as back-end server.
Resolves user name to SAM account name and FQDN.  
Requires additional configuration of back-end directory information  
Name resolution with ODBC data store

Figure: Name resolution

Name resolution with ODBC data store and Active Directory back-end server

Figure: Name resolution with Active Directory back-end server