Directory Enabling Your Applications
Use Directory authentication
- Eliminate multiple user authentication databases
Store application configuration information in the Directory
- Can run multiple copies of the products without having to deal with configuration information
- Can manage configuration information through standard admin consoles (e.g. Netscape Mission Control)
Add per-user configuration information with user object
- Current trend is to use auxiliary classes to store this information
- Can distribute change management of this information using applications like Oblix CSA
- Per-user configuration is not tied down to a particular computer or workstation
- Information can be used by other applications as well