Document Type | Technical Information
Category | Administration
Document Number | TADTI066
Overview
User accounts that follow the operating system (OS) authentication policy are created through an external authentication method outside the database, requiring differentiated approaches to security and account management.
This article explains how to create OS authenticated accounts, how to connect using them, and related special considerations.
Method
Creation Method
Command to create an OS user using external authentication.
CREATE USER OSA$tibero IDENTIFIED externally ;
Connection Method
Command to connect to the database as an OS authenticated user.
tbsql /
Caution
You can set a prefix indicating the OS authentication policy user through OS_AUTH_PREFIX, with the default value being OSA$.
Passwords for OS authenticated accounts are not managed separately within the database.
For security reasons, remote connections using OS authenticated user accounts are not supported.