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 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 disable-stepup-authentication -DPortalAdminPwd=password task from the wp_profile/ConfigEngine directory.
    Disable only step-up authentication Run the ./ConfigEngine.sh disable-stepup-authentication -DPortalAdminPwd=password task from the wp_profile/ConfigEngine directory.
    Disable only the Remember me cookie Run the ./ConfigEngine.sh disable-rememberme -DPortalAdminPwd=password task from the 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.sh server1 -user admin_userid -password admin_password command to stop the WebSphere Application Server.
    3. Enter the ./stopServer.sh WebSphere_Portal -user admin_userid -password admin_password command to stop the WebSphere Portal Express server.
    4. Enter the ./startServer.sh server1 command.
    5. Enter the ./startServer.sh WebSphere_Portal command.
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