Change the authentication mode for portlet deployment
IBM WebSphere Portal provides two user authentication modes that the Portlet dmgr can use to authenticate with the IBM WAS administrative services when security is enabled.The authentication modes are specified by the use.admin.user property in Deployment Service. The following two methods are supported in both a standalone or clustered environment.
- Single ID method (use.admin.user=true)
- Default.mode. In this mode, WebSphere Portal impersonates the server ID
- Multiple ID method (use.admin.user=false)
- Use the login ID of the user who issued the WAR deployment request. In this mode, every user with portlet deployment access rights must be added to the WAS Console User list with Administrator access rights. Alternatively, we can add the Group of Administrators to the WAS Console Group with Administrator access rights.
The main difference between the two methods is that the single ID method uses a preset ID regardless of who you log in as while the multiple ID method uses the ID you logged in with but we cannot deploy a portlet unless the ID is added to the WAS Console Group with Administrator access rights.