Portal Express, Version 6.0
Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux, Windows
Access Control
This section describes components and procedures that are used to manage access control for IBM® WebSphere® Portal Express security.
- Managing Access Control
This topic describes concepts that are related to administering IBM WebSphere Portal Express access control. To administer access control, use the Resource Permissions, User and Group Permissions, and Manage Users and Groups portlets or the Portal Script Interface. - Resources
Read about how resources are used in IBM WebSphere Portal Express. - Roles
Access control is based on roles. Read about the different roles and the allowed actions that are associated with role types. - Virtual Users and Groups
Read about the different virtual users and groups. - Access rights
This section maps sensitive operations for a resource to the roles required to perform the operations. Sensitive operations include simple tasks like viewing a portlet on a specific page, and complex, high-risk tasks like running XML configuration interface scripts. - Initial Access Control Settings
The administrative user who installs IBM WebSphere Portal Express has a default set of access rights. - Access control scenarios
These scenarios provide helpful illustrations on how access control can be set up. - Delegated Access Control Administration
IBM WebSphere Portal Express supports delegated access control administration. - Access Control Caching
This section provides information about how you can improve performance for access control. - Setting user and group permissions
The User and Group Permissions portlet allows you to view and modify the roles that users and groups have on resources. - Setting resource permissions
Assign and control access for different types of resources.