System integration of Platform Services makes use of standard, vendor-provided system control points.
System integration of Platform Services for z/OS makes use of standard exits provided by the security system in use (RACF*, CA-ACF2*, or CA-Top Secret*). For more information, see the Platform Services Administration Guide for z/OS.
System integration of Platform Services for most UNIX systems makes use of the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) framework that is defined by OSF RFC 86.0. Applications must make the appropriate PAM API calls in order to be PAM-aware. You can also modify your applications to use the AS Client API directly. For more information, see the Platform Services Administration Guide for Linux and UNIX.
System integration of Platform Services for AIX* supports both the Loadable Authentication Module (LAM) system provided by AIX and the PAM framework; you choose which you wish to use. The PAM framework is only recommended for AIX versions 5.3 and higher.
Password changes from a Windows system are provided to the core driver through an extension to the Novell Client™. For additional information, see Section B.0, Installing and Configuring the Novell Client Password Intercept.
Password changes made by NDK applications on NetWare servers are provided to the core driver by the NetWare Password Intercept.
Password changes on an OS/400 system are provided to the core driver through the Password Change Validation Program Exit, which is controlled by system value QPWDVLDPGM. Password changes in eDirectory are received by the platform as provisioning events. For additional information, see the Platform Services Administration Guide for OS/400.