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.