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

Updating your user registry on Windows

After deploying IBM^® WebSphere^® Portal Express, you may need to make adjustments to your standalone LDAP user registry or to your federated user repository configurations. You can update these configurations to achieve the proper user registry configuration.

• Adding a database user registry on Windows
  Add a database user registry to the default federated repository to store user account information for authorization.
• Configuring a property extension database on Windows
  Configure IBM WebSphere Portal Express to use a property extension to store additional attributes that cannot be stored in the LDAP user registry.
• Modifying to the federated repository on Windows
  If you originally configured a standalone LDAP user registry but find that you need a more robust security configuration, you can change to the federated user repository.
• Updating the base entry on Windows
  After creating and using a base entry, you may find that the base entry is not working exactly as you would like. You can easily update the base entry and make the necessary changes.
• Updating the database user registry on Windows
  After creating and using the database user registry in the default federated repository, you may find that your database user registry is not working exactly as you would like. You can easily update the database user registry and make the necessary changes.
• Updating the LDAP user registry on Windows
  After creating and using the LDAP user registry in the default federated repository, you may find that your LDAP user registry is not working exactly as you would like. You can easily update the LDAP user registry and make the necessary changes.
• Updating the realm configuration on Windows
  After creating and using the realm(s) in the default federated repository, you may find that your realm configuration is not working exactly as you would like. You can easily update the realm configurations and make the necessary changes.
• Creating the entity type on Windows
  After creating your LDAP user registry, you may find that your LDAP user registry requires additional entity types. You can create new entity types in your LDAP user registry configuration.
• Adding the RDN to the entity type on Windows
  After creating your LDAP user registry, you may find that your entity type is not correct or you created a new entity type to your LDAP user registry. You can add a relative distinguished name (RDN) to an existing entity type in your LDAP user registry configuration.
• Updating a group member on Windows
  After creating your LDAP user registry, you may find that your group member is not correct. You can update the group member in your LDAP user registry configuration.