You administer PowerCenter security on the Security tab of Informatica Administrator. You manage users and groups that can log in to the following PowerCenter applications:
Administrator tool
PowerCenter Client
Metadata Manager
You can also manage users and groups for the Informatica Developer and Informatica Analyst.
You can complete the following tasks in the Security page:
Manage native users and groups.
Create, edit, and delete native users and groups.
Configure LDAP authentication and import LDAP users and groups.
Configure a connection to an LDAP directory service. Import users and groups from the LDAP directory service.
Manage roles.
Create, edit, and delete roles. Roles are collections of privileges. Privileges determine the actions that users can perform in PowerCenter applications.
Assign roles and privileges to users and groups.
Assign roles and privileges to users and groups for the domain and services.
Manage operating system profiles.
Create, edit, and delete operating system profiles. An operating system profile is a level of security that the Integration Services uses to run workflows. The operating system profile contains the operating system user name, service process variables, and environment variables. You can configure the Integration Service to use operating system profiles to run workflows.