Portal Express, Version 6.0
Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux, Windows

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Add administrators to the Domino Directory

 

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Create a new user to act as the IBM^® WebSphere^® Portal Express administrator.

You must create this user if:

• You do not have a user to administer WebSphere Portal Express
• You do not have an existing LDAP directory
• You do have an existing LDAP directory but the administrative user does not exist in the directory

Perform the following steps:

1. Navigate to the People view of the Domino Directory and, from the action bar, click Add Person.

2. In the New Person form, enter the following values in the fields shown:

   Last Name	wpsbind
   User name	wpsbind/dominodomain wpsbind
   Short name/UserID	wpsbind
   Internet password	wpsbind

   Make sure that you enter two values in the User name field, where the first value includes the Lotus Domino Domain.

3. Click Save and Close to save the new person record for wpsbind and return to the People view of the Domino Directory.

4. From the action bar, click Add Person and complete the New Person form to add your administrator ID as follows:

   Last name	wpsadmin
   User name	wpsadmin/dominodomain wpsadmin
   Short name/UserID	wpsadmin
   Internet password	password

   Make sure that you enter two values in the User Name field, where the first value includes the Lotus Domino Domain.

5. Click Save and Close to save the new person record for the new administrative user and return to the People view of the Domino Directory.

6. Navigate to the Groups view of the Domino Directory and, from the action bar, click Add Group.

7. In the New Group form, on the Basics tab, enter the following values in the fields shown to create the WebSphere Portal Express administrators group wpsadmins and add the user wpsbind, and the WebSphere Portal Express administrative user. You can add additional users to administer WebSphere Portal Express, if desired.

   Group name	wpsadmins
   Group type	Multi-purpose
   Members	wpsbind wpsadmin

8. Click Save and Close to save the wpsadmins group.

See Updating the Access Control List of the Domino Directory to assign the necessary permissions to the new administrative group and users.

 

Parent topic:

Set up Domino Directory

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