Configuring LDAP authentication You can allow to authenticate users against an existing LDAP directory service within your enterprise. LDAP (lightweight directory access protocol) provides an open directory access protocol running over TCP/IP. An LDAP directory service can quickly authenticate a user's name and password. LDAP directory servicesused to provide user authentication

The runtime library provided with the Java Development Kit (JDK) includes libraries that allow you to access an LDAP directory service. See the API documentation for the javax.naming.ldap package at , the LDAP section of the JNDI tutorial at , and the LDAP section of the JNDI specification at .

To use an LDAP directory service, set derby.authentication.provider to LDAP.