You can run the server in any of the following security provider modes:

• OFF, in which access to data sources and the Web Console is unrestricted. Users do not need to provide a password.
• OPSYS, in which the server runs as a Windows service. Requires a user to provide their operating system user ID (ID or Domain/ID) and password when logging on to the server. Each connecting user’s credentials are authenticated using Microsoft Windows Security Services. The server invokes authentication and impersonation services and controls database access. This is the default in a Windows environment, unless the Security Provider has been configured specifically otherwise.
• PTH, in which access to the Web Console is controlled by authentication against the user list defined at the configuration level.
• DBMS, in which access to data sources and the Web Console is controlled by authentication against the database list of user IDs. Control of data resources can be accomplished by creating different profiles.
• LDAP, in which access to data resources and the Web Console is controlled by authentication through the established directory.
• CUSTOM, in which access to data resources and the Web Console is controlled through custom focexecs that calls a user function to pass back user authentication status. The writing and detailed use of this method as an authentication provider is detailed in the Server Administration for UNIX, Windows, OpenVMS, IBM i, and z/OS manual.

The Windows start menu will only offer Start Security ON or OFF. Actual selection of which Provider is used for ON purposes in based on the information configured in the Web Console step.

Some security modes need additional information before they can be configured and activated, such as the various LDAP parameters involved in connecting to and using a LDAP directory. The various parameters are displayed within the Web Console configuration page for each mode with help icons next to them. You can also find Web Console help in the Server Administration for UNIX, Windows, OpenVMS, IBM i, and z/OS manual. To access the manual on the Web Console:

1. From the Web Console menu bar, select Help, then Contents and Search.

   The Web Console Help window opens.

2. In the left pane, expand Server Administration.