Deregistering Users and Groups from WebSphere Portal
WebSphere Portal stores users and groups that exist in the user registry as database entries. When using the XML configuration interface or the Manage User and Groups Portlet to delete users and groups, they are deleted from the user registry as well as from the database. Deleting a user or group directly from the configured user registry does not remove the database entry. Also, WebSphere Portal does not remove entries from its database when users or groups are muted in the user registry, for example, users with too many wrong password attempts. Follow these steps to remove those users and groups from the database:
- Export the invalid user and group database entries via the XML configuration interface.
- Compare the exported entries with the user registry; for example, determine which users and groups were deleted and which users and groups were muted and need to be re-enabled.
- Check the exported XML file and remove the users and groups that you want keep in the database. All users and groups that remain in the file will be removed from the portal database.
- Import the modified list. The listed users and groups are removed from the portal database.
After deleting these entries via the modified XML script, all customizations are lost for the deleted users and groups.
Refer to XML configuration interface for information about how to use the XML configuration interface. For more information about how to use the XML configuration interface to deregister users and groups refer to Deregistering users and groups.
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