Using an ODBC Data Source for User Authentication

EFT Server allows you to use any ODBC (Open Database Connectivity; a standard database access method used to access any data from any application, regardless of which database management system (DBMS) is handling the data.)-compatible database, such as Oracle, as a source for user authentication. You may add and remove users and set certain permissions using your existing database utility or through the EFT Administrator. EFT Server uses ADO (ActiveX Data Objects; a language-neutral object model that exposes data raised by an underlying OLE DB Provider.) to communicate with the authentication databases using "generic" SQL statements.

To use an external ODBC data source you must:

Create tables in an ODBC data source.
Establish a System Data Source Name (DSN) (Data Source Name; data structure that contains the information about a database that an Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) driver needs in order to connect to it. Included in the DSN is information such as the name, directory, and driver of the database, and, depending on the type of DSN, the ID and password of the user.) in the ODBC Source administration tool.
Set GlobalSCAPE EFT Server to use the System DSN.
Have Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.6 or higher installed.

If you are using EFT Server on Windows XP, you do not need to install MDAC 2.6 or higher on your computer. For any other Windows operating system, you can download MDAC 2.6 or 2.7 from http://www.microsoft.com/data/download.htm. If you are using an Access database, you may also need to download a Jet driver. For information about Jet drivers, see Article ID: 282010 on the Microsoft Support pages: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282010/en-us. For information about MDAC 2.6, see Article ID: 271908 on the Microsoft Support pages: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/271908/en-us.