Setting up Rational DOORS to use two-factor authentication

Set up your system to use two-factor authentication. Two-factor authentication is a security process where your users provide two means of identification to authenticate to the server.

Before you begin

Log in to Rational® DOORS® as the Administrator user.

Open the database properties. For more information see Configuring the Rational DOORS database.

About this task

All of the configuration tasks for two-factor authentication are carried out in the Rational Directory Administration tool.
Note: When you set up two-factor authentication, make sure that you set up an entry in the Rational Directory Administration tool for the Administrator user. The Administrator user cannot log in to Rational DOORS without the additional entry.

Procedure

  1. Click Change in the Directory Configuration area. You see the Change Directory Configuration window, with DOORS Local Directory selected.
  2. Select Rational Directory Service, and complete the fields as instructed in the Help.
  3. Log out of Rational DOORS.
  4. Log in to the Rational Directory Administration tool, and enable two-factor authentication. For information about enabling two-factor authentication see the Rational Directory Administration Help.

Results

Rational DOORS is now set up to use two-factor authentication. The next time your users log in, they will need to authenticate against Rational DOORS and the Rational Directory Server before they can access the client.
Additional read-only fields are added to the Login Policy tab of the database properties that let you know how two-factor authentication has been configured:
  • Use additional authentication

    This field is selected to show that two-factor authentication is in use.

  • Check system login credentials

    If this field is selected, two-factor authentication is set up to make sure that the user logging in to Rational DOORS is the same as the user that is logged in to the operating system.


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