Configuring LDAP authenticationYou 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.