When you log in, RulePoint authenticates your credentials by using the local or remote authentication provider. The configured access control list for each object and the groups to which you have assigned the user in the authentication provider control user access.
When you log in as a local user, RulePoint authenticates your user name and password against the user accounts in the topology configuration database. When you log in to RulePoint as an LDAP user, RulePoint passes your user name and password to the external directory service for authentication.