3.1 Systems That Support Bidirectional Password Synchronization

The following connected systems support bidirectional password synchronization. Bidirectional synchronization means that the connected system can provide the user’s actual password to Identity Manager and can accept password changes from Identity Manager. This allows the password to be changed in either the Identity Vault or the connected system and then synchronized as needed.

Table 3-1 Systems that Support Bidirectional Password Synchronization

Connected System Driver

Subscriber Channel

Subscriber Channel

Subscriber Channel

Publisher Channel

Application Can Accept Setting of Initial Password

Application Can Accept Modification of Password

Application Supports Check Password

Application Can Provide (sync) Password

Active Directory

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

eDirectory1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Linux and UNIX (NIS)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

1Between Identity Vault trees, you can have bidirectional password synchronization for users even if Universal Password is not enabled for those users. See Section A.1, Scenario 1: Using NDS Password to Synchronize between Two Identity Vaults.