User Management and Authentication

This section provides information related to user authentication.

Authentication Model

PPM supports the following authentication methods:

  • Form login

  • External authentication

    • SiteMinder - with special configuration required
    • LDAP server supporting the LDAP3 protocol
    • NTLM (Windows domain account) � integrating with IIS

Authentication Administration and Configurations

For details, see Administer Project and Portfolio Management.

FAQ

Question

Can PPM require account passwords that conform to corporate policy?

Answer

PPM supports password constraints. For details, check below server configuration parameters.

  • USER_PASSWORD_MAX_LENGTH
  • USER_PASSWORD_MAX_DIGITS
  • USER_PASSWORD_MIN_LENGTH
  • USER_PASSWORD_MIN_SPECIAL

LDAP integration is a recommended solution to ensure stronger password policy support.

Question

Describe the PPM user session management.

Answer

PPM manages user sessions on the application level. Each session has an expiration time that can be configured by the KINTANA_SESSION_TIMEOUT parameter.

Question

Can PPM limit the number of logon sessions per user and per application?

Answer

There is no limit on the number of user logon sessions.