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An authentication provider is a system that is external to ObjectScale in the ObjectScale software bundle that can authenticate users on behalf of ObjectScale. ObjectScale stores the information that allows it to connect to the authentication provider so that ObjectScale can request authentication of a user.
For customers that leverage Active Directory or LDAP, or both, groups or users are assigned to management roles instead of to local user accounts.
For information about configuring ObjectScale to communicate with an external authentication provider, see the latest Dell ObjectScale 1.4.x Administration Guide.