WebSphere Portal, Express Beta Version 6.1
Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux,Windows


 

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

    1. Use a text editor to open the wkplc.properties file, located in the profiles/wp_profile/ConfigEngine/properties directory.
    2. Set disable_rememberme to true in the 'Step-up Authentication and Remember Me Config' properties section.
    3. Save your changes to the wkplc.properties file.
    4. Run the ConfigEngine.sh -profileName profile_root disable-stepup-authentication -DPortalAdminPwd=password task from the profiles/wp_profile/ConfigEngine directory.Note: profile_root is the name of the WebSphere Application Serverprofile where WebSphere Portal Express is installed; for example, wp_profile.
    Disable only step-up authentication Run the ConfigEngine.bat -profileName profile_root disable-stepup-authentication -DPortalAdminPwd=password task from the profiles/wp_profile/ConfigEngine directory.
    Disable only the Remember me cookie Run the ConfigEngine.bat -profileName profile_root disable-rememberme -DPortalAdminPwd=password task from the profiles/wp_profile/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 the wkplc.properties file.
  3. Perform the following steps to stop and restart the server1 and WebSphere_Portal servers:

    1. Open a command prompt and change to the wp_profile_root/bin directory.
    2. Enter the stopServer server1 -profileName profile_root -user admin_userid -password admin_password command to stop the WebSphere Application Server. Note: profile_root is the name of the WebSphere Application Server profile where WebSphere Portal Express is installed; for example, wp_profile.
    3. Enter the stopServer WebSphere_Portal -profileName profile_root -user admin_userid -password admin_password command to stop the WebSphere Portal Express server.
    4. Enter the startServer server1 -profileName profile_root command.
    5. Enter the startServer WebSphere_Portal -profileName profile_root command.
Parent topic: Securing your environment on i5/OS
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