Assigning people to Java EE roles

Assign roles for Connections users on WAS.

We can add groups as well as individual users to roles. The advantage of assigning a group to a role is that we can add and remove members of the group without having to edit the WAS configuration. Editing the group at the directory level makes administration easier when we have to add, modify, or remove administrators.

We can still add and remove individual users in the WAS configuration if necessary.

For definitions of the different roles, see the Roles topic.

To assign a person or group to a role:

1. From the WAS console, expand...
   Applications | Application Types | WebSphere enterprise applications | application | Security role to user/group mapping

   Find the role to add users to.

2. Select the role to assign and click Map users or Map groups.

3. In the Search String box, type the name of the person or group that you would like to assign to this role, and then click Search. If the user or group exists in the directory, it is displayed in the Available list.

4. Select the user or group name from the Available box and move it into the Selected box by clicking Add.

5. To add more users to the role, repeat Steps 4 and 5.

6. Click OK.

7. To map a user or group to a different role for another application, repeat steps 1–7.

8. Click OK and then click Save to save them.

9. Synchronize and restart all instances of WAS.

Parent topic:
Roles