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.
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
- Click Change in the Directory Configuration area. You see the Change Directory Configuration window, with DOORS Local Directory selected.
- Select Rational Directory Service, and complete the fields as instructed in the Help.
- Log out of Rational DOORS.
- 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 must authenticate against Rational DOORS and the Rational Directory Server before they can access the client.
There are more read-only fields on the
Login Policy tab of the database properties that display information about how two-factor authentication is 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 who is logging in to Rational DOORS is the same user who is logged in to the operating system.