User ID and domain resolution

  • Updated on Jul 7, 2025
  • Published on Jan 24, 2025
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To allow users to authenticate with user names in different formats, OneSpan Authentication Server identifies user accounts via the user ID and domain.

Table: User name resolution in OneSpan Authentication Server provides a comparison overview of the user name resolution methods. For a description of each user name resolution method and user account identification, see :

Table:  User name resolution in OneSpan Authentication Server
FeatureUser Name Resolution Type
 WindowsActive
Directory		Simple
User can authenticate with UPN and SAM account name, even if different.✓✓ 
User can authenticate with UPN that includes alternative UPN domain suffixes.✓✓✓
Supported where OneSpan Authentication Server is installed on a Windows machine which is a member server of the Windows domain.✓✓✓
Supported where the machine on which OneSpan Authentication Server is installed is either not a member server of the Windows domain or running a Linux operating system. âœ“✓
Support for Active Directory users.✓✓✓
Support for Active Directory or Global Catalog as back-end server.✓✓✓
Resolves user name to SAM account name and FQDN.✓✓ 
Requires additional configuration of back-end directory information âœ“✓
Name resolution with ODBC data store

Figure:  Name resolution

Name resolution with ODBC data store and Active Directory back-end server

Figure:  Name resolution with Active Directory back-end server