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Summary

This PR documents new v26.2 features related to LDAP and OIDC authentication for DB Console, based on epic CRDB-52460:

  • Documents DB Console support for LDAP authentication and authorization
  • Replaces statement that authorization doesn't apply to DB Console
  • Documents login time tracking (estimated_last_login_time) for both LDAP and OIDC DB Console logins
  • Adds cross-references between LDAP and OIDC authentication documentation

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ldap-authentication.md

  • Replaced statement (line ~196): Changed from "Authorization is not applied when logging in to DB Console" to explain that LDAP authorization DOES work for DB Console
  • Clarified that auto-provisioning works for both SQL clients and DB Console (line ~112)
  • Added documentation for login time tracking via SHOW USERS output (line ~229)
  • Added cross-reference to OIDC documentation (line ~13)

ldap-authorization.md

  • Added explicit statement that LDAP authorization applies to both SQL clients and DB Console (line ~11)

sso-db-console.md

  • Updated cluster setting description to document login time tracking (line ~66)
  • Enhanced auto-provisioning details to explain estimated_last_login_time tracking (line ~146)
  • Added cross-reference to LDAP documentation (line ~12)

Related Issues

Updates documentation to reflect four new capabilities in v26.2:
- LDAP authorization (RBAC) now works for DB Console logins
- LDAP auto-provisioning now works for DB Console logins
- Login time tracking (estimated_last_login_time) for LDAP DB Console
- Login time tracking (estimated_last_login_time) for OIDC DB Console

Changes:
- Fix incorrect statement that authorization doesn't work for DB Console
- Clarify LDAP authorization applies to both SQL clients and DB Console
- Document auto-provisioning support for DB Console connections
- Document estimated_last_login_time population for both auth methods
- Add cross-references between LDAP and OIDC documentation

Based on PRs:
- #162302: authserver,ldapccl: enable ldap authorization for db console
- #163199: authserver,ldapccl: enable ldap user provisioning for db console
- #163400: authserver,pgwire: populate estimated_last_login_time for ldap
- #164129: oidcccl: populate estimated_last_login_time for OIDC

Epic: CRDB-52460
Fixes: DOC-14308

Co-Authored-By: roachdev-claude <roachdev-claude-bot@cockroachlabs.com>
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