If you want to use AD Authentication on AIX you'll need to set up AIX to use PAM for Authentication, there are multiple choices on how to configure this, one option is ADAM (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755705(WS.10).aspx) if you cannot add the additional information to the AD that UNIX requires. Other options are third party products like Centrify. An overview of various authentication methods are covered in the SAS Intelligence Platform Security Administration Guide under the authentication section. http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/bisecag/61133/PDF/default/bisecag.pdf SAS Technical Support can offer more information once a path has been chosen on how AIX will authenticate users.
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