How do I configure the Login Server to use LDAP for authentication?
The Login Server (installed with Oracle9iAS Portal) can be configured to interface directly with external LDAP directory services for username/password authentication. LDAP configuration is also explained in the Oracle9iAS Portal online help. Search on “LDAP” to find the relevant sections. After copying the ssoxldap.so or ssoxldap.dll to the appropriate directory ($ORACLE_HOME/lib or $ORACLE_HOME\bin), you need to run a script that creates the external library that the PL/SQL implementation calls. Log in to PORTAL30_SSO and issue the following commands: create or replace library auth_ext as ‘fully_qualified_filename’ / commit; (You can also invoke the script sso/ssoinsl.sql, which takes the full path to the file as the argument. However, the preceding lines can also be invoked directly.) For example, on Solaris the invocation may be something like: create or replace library auth_ext as ‘/u01/app/oracle/product/816prod/lib/ssoxldap.so’ / commit; On Windows NT it may be something like: c
