CENTRALIZED IDENTITY INFORMATION

Easily manage access across partner, supplier, and customer relationships

Managing user access to multiple systems is a challenge. In a UNIX environment, providing access based on locally stored information becomes unmanageable as the number of systems and users increases. Storing the user information in a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)-based directory—like Red Hat® Directory Server—makes the system scalable, manageable, and secure.

BENEFITS

Advanced security

Let users work from any computer

Red Hat Directory Server is an operating system-independent, network-based registry that lets administrators centrally store user identity and application information, like:
•  Application settings.
•  User profiles.
•  Group data.
•  Policies.
•  Access control information.

Applications can achieve location independence by storing and retrieving preferences in the directory instead of reading separate files on a user's desktop. This lets users work at virtually any computer—as if they were at their own desktops. It also lets IT administrators manage user credentials and profiles in 1 place, regardless of the size or number of apps that use the information.