Configuring LDAP Authentication

LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is a directory access protocol that provides a centralized store of user/password information. It is not a single sign on technology, instead think of it as a single point of authentication. You might have twenty systems connected to LDAP and you would have to log into all twenty systems separately, but it would always be the same username and password. LDAP maintains user information in a central location, thereby reducing administration workload.

WFM supports using an LDAP server for authentication purposes. When a user logs into the WFM application, WFM passes the username and password to LDAP for approval. If LDAP authenticates the user, WFM will then log in the user as normal. The LDAP user name must match the WBU_NAME field in the WFM database.