The term user is typically used in one of two ways — a human interacting with a system or the representation of identity within the system. The representation of identity within the system may or may not correspond to a real human user. Such accounts are typically referred to as generic, system, or application accounts. A user is represented as an object of type dm_user within the repository.
Typically, a user logs into an application to authenticate the claimed identity. For example, WDK applications such as Webtop and Web Publisher challenge a user with a login screen for authentication. The user selects the repository to be accessed and presents an identity as a login/password combination. The information identifying a user for the purpose of authentication is called credentials.
Once the credentials are submitted, the Content Server verifies these credentials using one or more of the following ways:
1. OS (Operating System) account: This is the default authentication...