User Authentication Options

Titan FTP Server supports a variety of user authentication options, including Titan Authentication, Windows NT/SAM authentication (for Windows 2000 Servers), Windows Active Directory authentication, LDAP authentication, and ODBC authentication. Some of these options are not available in certain editions of Titan, please see our Web site for more information.

Titan Authentication - When using Titan authentication, the server administrator creates, manages, and deletes user accounts from within the Titan Administrator. The user accounts created in the Titan Administrator are used to access the Titan FTP server for which they are defined. These user accounts will not permit users to access other areas of your network.

Windows NT/SAM Authentication - When using Windows NT/SAM authentication , the server administrator creates and deletes user accounts using the Windows NT User Manager, found in the Windows 2000 Control Panel. The Titan Administrator can then be configured to include one or more NT Groups from the Windows SAM database. All NT user accounts from the selected NT group or groups will then appear in the valid user list for Titan. This has the benefit of providing your NT users with a single username/password that they can use to access both the NT domain and the Titan FTP Server. When using Windows NT/SAM Authentication, Titan can be configured to access a local Windows 2000 workstation or a Windows 2000 Domain Controller.

Windows Active Directory Authentication - When using Windows Active Directory authentication , the server administrator creates and deletes user accounts using Windows Active Directory. Your Titan server can then be configured to include one or more groups or organizational units from the Active Directory. Once Titan has been configured with the list of valid Groups/OrgUnits, all members of those groups will then appear in the Titan Administrator.

LDAP Authentication - Titan has the ability to interface with an existing LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) server for user authentication. With a configuration wizard that is very similar to the Active Directory configuration, Titan can be configured to include one or more LDAP Groups or organizational units from the LDAP server. Once Titan has been configured with the list of valid groups, all members of those LDAP Groups will appear in the Titan Administrator.

ODBC Authentication - Titan can also be configured to use any industry standard ODBC compliant database to store and manage users and groups. When configured for ODBC based user authentication, Titan will create and maintain database tables containing a list of valid users and group. System administrators can use the Titan Administrator to manage users, groups, and membership. Changes to the users and groups list will be written out to the ODBC database.