Disable step-up authentication and/or the Remember me cookie

You can disable the step-up authentication task and/or the Remember me cookie task to remove the features from your system.

Perform the following steps to disable step-up authentication and/or the Remember me cookie:

1. Choose one of the following configuration options:

   Option	Description
   Disable both step-up authentication and the Remember me cookie	To disable step-up authentication and the Remember me cookie: Edit... profile_root/ConfigEngine/properties/wkplc.properties Set disable_rememberme to true in the 'Step-up Authentication and Remember Me Config' properties section. If disable_rememberme is not available in wkplc.properties, add it. Save changes to wkplc.properties. Run... ConfigEngine.bat disable-stepup-authentication -DWasUserid=wasuser -DWasPassword=password ...from the profile_root/ConfigEngine directory.
   Disable only step-up authentication	Perform the following steps to disable only step-up authentication: Edit... profile_root/ConfigEngine/properties/wkplc.properties Set disable_rememberme to false in the 'Step-up Authentication and Remember Me Config' properties section. If disable_rememberme is not available in wkplc.properties, add it. Save changes to wkplc.properties. Run... ConfigEngine.bat disable-stepup-authentication -DWasUserid=wasuser -DWasPassword=password ...from the profile_root/ConfigEngine directory.
   Disable only the Remember me cookie	Run... ConfigEngine.bat disable-rememberme -DWasUserid=wasuser -DWasPassword=password ...from the profile_root/ConfigEngine directory.

2. Check the output for any error messages before proceeding with any additional tasks. If any of the configuration tasks fail, verify the values in wkplc.properties.

3. Propagate the security changes:

   Option	Description
   Standalone	cd profile_root/bin ./stopServer.sh server1 -username admin_userid -password admin_password ./stopServer.sh WebSphere_Portal -username admin_userid -password admin_password ./startServer.sh server1 ./startServer.sh WebSphere_Portal
   Cluster	cd dmgr_profile/bin ./stopManager.sh-username admin_userid -password admin_password cd profile_root/bin ./stopNode.sh -username admin_userid -password admin_password ./stopServer.sh WebSphere_Portal -username admin_userid -password admin_password cd dmgr_profile/bin ./startManager.sh cd profile_root/bin ./startNode.sh ./startServer.sh WebSphere_Portal

Parent topic:

Secure environment on Windows

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