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Sensitive operations include simple tasks like viewing a portlet on a specific page, and complex, high-risk tasks like running XML configuration interface scripts.

A role combines a set of permissions with a specific resource. This set of permissions is called a role type. Roles are denoted as RoleType@Resource.

The table that follows lists minimum role assignments that are necessary to perform a sensitive operation.

Minimum role assignment refers to the fact that some role types imply other role types. An example is the sensitive operation Install Web Module which requires a role of type Editor on the virtual resource Web Modules. Because the role of type Manager implies the Editor role type, assigning a Manager role at the Web Modules virtual resource also allows for installing Web modules.

When access rights are granted to any listed resource, it inherently requires access to the resource Access Control Administration.

Change the owner of a resource can be done by using the Access Control Administration.

The resources listed could be different depending on other products that might be installed with WebSphere Portal. Some roles are required on virtual resources; other roles must be on resource instances.

Users might also have access rights for some operations through ownership of resources.

Definition of terms:

private

only accessible by the owner of the resource

non-private

accessible by those people having been granted access to the resource

public

accessible without authentication

Resource	Sensitive Operation and Description	Required role assignment
Access Control Administration	View the access control configuration of a resource R	If R is under internal PORTAL protection: Security Administrator@R or Security Administrator@PORTAL (PORTAL is a virtual resource) If R is under external protection: Security Administrator@R or Security Administrator@PORTAL + Security Administrator@EXTERNAL_ACCESS_CONTROL Notes: Portal and EXTERNAL_ACCESS_CONTROL are virtual resources The Security Administrator@EXTERNAL_ACCESS_CONTROL role is created and managed in the External Security Manager (ESM). It must be modified using the ESM management tools. For example, use the IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business pdadmin> command line or the Computer Associates eTrust SiteMinder administrative console.
	Create a new role of role type RT on resource R	If R is under PORTAL protection: Security Administrator@R + RT@R or Security Administrator@PORTAL If R is under external protection: Security Administrator@R + RT@R or Security Administrator@PORTAL + Security Administrator@EXTERNAL_ACCESS_CONTROL Notes: Portal and EXTERNAL_ACCESS_CONTROL are virtual resources The Security Administrator@EXTERNAL_ACCESS_CONTROL role is created and managed in the External Security Manager (ESM). It must be modified using the ESM management tools. For example, use the Tivoli Access Manager pdadmin> command line or the eTrust SiteMinder administrative console.
	Delete a role created from role type RT on resource R. All corresponding role mappings are also deleted.	If R is under internal PORTAL protection: Security Administrator@R + RT@R + Delegator role on all assigned principals or Security Administrator@PORTAL If R is under external protection: Security Administrator@R + RT@R + Delegator role on all assigned principals or Security Administrator@PORTAL + Security Administrator@EXTERNAL_ACCESS_CONTROL Notes: Portal and EXTERNAL_ACCESS_CONTROL are virtual resources The Security Administrator@EXTERNAL_ACCESS_CONTROL role is created and managed in the External Security Manager (ESM). It must be modified using the ESM management tools. For example, use the Tivoli Access Manager pdadmin> command line or the eTrust SiteMinder administrative console.
	Create/deleting a role assignment for user or group U created from Role Type RT on resource R	If R is under internal PORTAL protection: Security Administrator@R + RT@R + Delegator@U or Security Administrator@PORTAL If R is under external protection: Security Administrator@R + RT@R + Delegator@U or Security Administrator@PORTAL + Security Administrator@EXTERNAL_ACCESS_CONTROL Notes: Portal and EXTERNAL_ACCESS_CONTROL are virtual resources The Security Administrator@EXTERNAL_ACCESS_CONTROL role is created and managed in the External Security Manager (ESM). It must be modified using the ESM management tools. For example, use the Tivoli Access Manager pdadmin> command line or the eTrust SiteMinder administrative console.
	Create/deleting a role block for all roles created from role type RT on resource R	If R is under internal PORTAL protection: Security Administrator@R + RT@R or Security Administrator@PORTAL If R is under external protection: Security Administrator@R + RT@R or Security Administrator@PORTAL + Security Administrator@EXTERNAL_ACCESS_CONTROL A Security Administrator on this resource is always implicitly a Delegator on this resource. For all other role types, the Security Administrator@R plus the assignments listed above are required. Notes: Portal and EXTERNAL_ACCESS_CONTROL are virtual resources The Security Administrator@EXTERNAL_ACCESS_CONTROL role is created and managed in the External Security Manager (ESM). It must be modified using the ESM management tools. For example, use the Tivoli Access Manager pdadmin> command line or the eTrust SiteMinder administrative console.
	Externalize/internalize resources: Moving a resource R back and forth from internal to external control. All non-private child resources of R move with it. Private resources cannot be externalized.	Security Administrator@R + Security Administrator@EXTERNAL_ACCESS_CONTROL or Security Administrator@Portal + Security Administrator@EXTERNAL_ACCESS_CONTROL Notes: Portal and EXTERNAL_ACCESS_CONTROL are virtual resources The Security Administrator@EXTERNAL_ACCESS_CONTROL role is created and managed in the External Security Manager (ESM). It must be modified using the ESM management tools. For example, use the Tivoli Access Manager pdadmin> command line or the eTrust SiteMinder administrative console.
	Modify the owner of a resource: Setting a user or group U1 as new owner of the non-private resource R where the old owner was U2	Delegator@U1, Delegator@U2, Manager@R, and Security_Administrator@R
Applications	Create an Application based on an existing Template T in Template Category TC	User@TC
	Create/editing/deleting application roles of Application A	Application manager
	Add/removing/reassigning members to application roles	Application membership manager
	Saving Application A as a Template T in Template Category TC	Application manager + Contributor@TC
	Edit layout of Application A	Application manager
	Change owner of Application A	Application owner –OR– Application manager Only the application owner or an administrator is allowed to set a new owner
	Delete an Application A	Application manager
Application Template Categories	Create a Template Category TC New in Template Category TC_Parent	Contributor@TC_Parent
	View a Template Category TC	User@TC
Application Templates	Create a Template from an existing Application: Serializing an existing Application A and creating a new Template T under Template Category TC	Application manager + Contributor@TC
	Deploying or importing a new Template T in Template Category TC	Contributor@TC + Editor@TEMPLATE DEPLOYMENT TEMPLATE DEPLOYMENT is a virtual resource
	Create a new Template T in Template Category TC	Contributor@TC
	Exporting a Template T in Template Category TC	User@T + User@TC
	Edit a Template T in Template Category TC	Editor@T + User@TC
	Change owner of Template A	Delegator@Template Only the template owner or an administrator is allowed to set a new owner
	Delete a Template T in Template Category TC	Manager@T + Editor@TC
	View a Template T in Template Category TC	User@T + User@TC In most cases User@T will be inherited by the permission on the Template Category (TC) because the TC is the parent of the Template resource, but setting a propagation block for the TC could prevent a user from getting the permission User@T. In this case the access right for T would be an additional setting.
Business Rules (Personalization)	View a Business Rule	User@Business Rules Workspace Set this permission on the Business Rules Workspace in the Personalization navigator by selecting the root node and then choosing Extra Action > Edit Access from the menu.
	Create a Business Rule	Contributor@Business Rules Workspace Contributor@Business Rules Workspace is the minimum required access right to create a Business Rule, though it is not recommended. Editor@Business Rules Workspace is recommended to create and maintain business rules and use the Portal administration facilities.
	Delete a Business Rule	Manager@Business Rules Workspace
	Assigning a Business rule to a page P	For non-private pages: Editor@P and User@Business Rules Workspace For private pages: Priviliged User@P and User@Business Rules Workspace
	Assigning a Business rule to a portlet PO on page P	For non-private pages: Editor@P, User@PO and User@Business Rules Workspace For private pages: Privileged User@P, User@PO and User@Business Rules Workspace
	Extra Actions	When you use the Set Access button in Personalization to add a user or a group to a role on the root of the workspace, this automatically gives the same role to that user or group for all WCM libraries policies and templates.
Content Node (pages, labels, and URLs) The table column detailing sensitive operations and descriptions for this resource refers to pages only, but those operations and descriptions, when applicable, also apply to labels and URLs.	Traverse a page: Viewing the navigation of a page P	User@P or @ some child resource of P
	View the content of a page P, including page decoration and potentially the portlets on that page. The portlets on a page are protected separately. See the portlets on pages row of this table for more information.	User@P
	Modifying page properties includes: Add/removing a markup Add/removing a locale Add/removing parameters to/from a page P	Editor@P
	Change the theme of a page P	Editor@P
	Modifying the layout of a page P includes: Add/removing wires manage actions	For non-private pages: Editor@P For private pages: Privileged User@P For managing receiving actions of a portlet on a target page: Editor@P and Editor@PO
	Customizing the layout of a non-private page: Create a private, implicitly derived copy of a non-private page P	Privileged User@P
	Add a root page: Create and adding a new top level page P	For non-private pages: Editor@Pages For private pages: Privileged User@Pages (Pages is a virtual resource)
	Add a page: Create a new page under a given Page P	For non-private pages: Editor@P For private pages: Privileged User@P
	Create a derived page: Create a new page underneath P1 that is explicitly derived from page P2	New page is private: Privileged User@P1 + Editor@P2 New page is non-private: Editor@P1 + Editor@P2
	Delete a page P and all descendant pages, including further subpages and the portlets on those pages	Manager@P
	Moving page P1 to a new parent page P2	For non-private pages: Manager@P1 + Editor@P2 For private pages: Manager@P1 + Privileged User@P2
	Locking or unlocking the contents of a non-private page P	Editor@P + User@portlet (Page Locks) + User@page (Locks)
Credential Vault Portlet	Add, viewing, or deleting a vault segment	Management of the Credential Vault via the Credential Vault Portlet requires access to an instance of the Credential Vault Portlet
	Add, viewing, deleting, or editing a vault slot	Management of the Credential Vault via the Credential Vault Portlet requires access to an instance of the Credential Vault Portlet
Enable Tracing Portlet	Add or deleting a portal trace setting	Add or deleting portal trace setting via the Enable Tracing Portlet requires access to an instance of the Enable Tracing Portlet
Event Handlers	Manage event handlers: Create, modifying, and deleting event handlers	Security Administrator@Event Handlers Event Handlers is a virtual resource
Manage Clients portlet	Manage clients: Viewing the portlet; deleting, modifying, and adding clients in the Manage Clients portlet	User@Manage Clients
Manage Search	Create a new search index	Editor@PSE_Sources PSE_Sources is a virtual resource
Manage Virtual Portal	Create the New Virtual Portal	Security Administrator@Portal Portal is a virtual resource
	View the Virtual Portal	Security Administrator@Portal Portal is a virtual resource
	Delete the Virtual Portal	Security Administrator@Portal Portal is a virtual resource
	Edit the Virtual Portal	Security Administrator@Portal Portal is a virtual resource
Markups	Manage Markups: Create, deleting, or modifying a Markup	Editor@Markups Markups is a virtual resource
Policies	Create a new Policy under a given Policy	Editor@Policy and User@Business Rules WorkspaceNotes: Contributor@Policy is the minimum required access right to create a new Policy under a given Policy, though it is not recommended. Editor@Policy is recommended to create and maintain policies and use the Portal administration utilities. If a rule has to be created or edited during the creation of a Policy, then Editor@Business Rules Workspace and Editor@Policy is also required. Business Rules Workspace is the root node in the Personalization navigator for Business Rules resources. Set permissions on this node by selecting the workspace node and then choosing Extra Action > Edit Access from the menu.
	Assigning a Business rule to a Policy	User@Business Rules and Editor@Policy
	Edit a Policy	Editor@Policy and User@Business Rules If a rule has to be created or edited during the creation of a Policy, then Editor@Business Rules is also required.
	View a Policy	User@Policy + User@Business Rules
	Import a new Policy	Editor@Policy_Root Contributor@Policy_Root is the minimum required access right to import a new Policy, though it is not recommended. Editor@Policy_Root is recommended to import and maintain policies and use the Portal administration utilities.
Delete a Policy	Manager@Policy + User@Business Rules When deleting a policy the associated rule is not deleted.
Portal Settings	View current portal settings	User@Portal Settings Portal Settings is a virtual resource
	Modifying current portal settings	Editor@Portal Settings Portal Settings is a virtual resource
Portlet Applications	View the portlet application definition information for a portlet application PA	User@PA
	Modifying a portlet application includes: Add/remove a locale Set default locale Modify settings to/from/of the portlet application PA	Editor@PA
	Duplicating a portlet application: Create a new portlet application based on an existing portlet application PA	Editor@Portlet Applications + User@PA Portlet Applications is a virtual resource
	portlet application and removing all corresponding portlets and portlet entities from all pages within the portal	Manager@PA
	Enabling/disabling a portlet application: Temporarily enabling or disabling the portlet application PA	Manager@PA
Portlets	View an installed portlet: Viewing the portlet definition information of a portlet PO	User@PO
	Modifying an installed portlet includes: Add/removing a locale Set default locale Modifying settings to/from/of the portlet PO	For adding/removing locales and setting default locale: Editor@PO For modifying settings: Manager@PO
	Duplicating an installed portlet: Create a new installed portlet based on an existing portlet PO that is part of a portlet application PA.	Editor@Portlet Applications + User@PO+ User@PA Portlet Applications is a virtual resource
	Delete an installed portlet PO and removing all corresponding portlet entities from all pages within the portal	Manager@PO
	Enabling/disabling an installed portlet: Temporarily enabling or disabling a portlet PO	Manager@PO
	Providing portlet PO as a WSRP service	Editor@WSRP Export and Editor@PO WSRP Export is a virtual resource
	Withdrawing portlet PO from WSRP service	Manager@WSRP Export and Editor@PO WSRP Export is a virtual resource
	Integrating the portlet of a WSRP Producer PR into the portal	If no portlet application exists for the group of portlets: Editor@Portlet Applications and User@PR Portlet Applications is a virtual resource If a Portlet Applications PA already exists for the group of portlets: Editor@PA and User@PR
	Delete an integrated WSRP portlet PO contained in the portlet application PA from the portal	If this is the last portlet in Portlet Applications: Manager@PA If more than one portlet resides in Portlet Applications: Manager@PO
Portlets on pages	View a portlet PO on page P	User@P + User@PO
	Configure an installed portlet: Entering the configure mode of a portlet PO and modifying its configuration	Manager@PO
	Modifying a portlet on a page: Entering the edit mode of a portlet PO on page P and modifying its configuration If P is a non-private page and the user has no Editor role for this page, then modifying the configuration of the portlet results in the creation of an implicitly derived copy of page P.	Editor@P + Editor@PO Or Privileged User@P + Privileged User@PO
	Modifying page content: Add/removing a portlet PO to/from a page P If P is a non-private page and the user has no Editor role for this page, then modifying the content of P results in the creation of an implicitly derived copy of page P.	For non-private pages: Editor@P + User@PO Or For private pages: Privileged User@P + User@PO
	Restricting the content of a page: Add/removing a portlet from the Allowed Portlet List of a page	Editor@P + User@PO
Property Broker	Operating with ActionSets/PropertySets for a portlet PO	User@PO
	Create/Update/Deleting a wire from a portlet PO1 on Page P1 to a portlet PO2 on Page P2	Global wire: Editor@P1, User@PO1 Editor@P2, User@PO2 Personal wire: Privileged User@P1, User@PO1, Privileged User@P2, User@PO2 In order to update or delete a personal wire, the user must have the above role assignments and created the wire they are updating or deleting.
	Executing a wire from a portlet PO1 on Page P1 to a portlet PO2 on Page P2	Global wire: User@P1, User@PO1 User@P2, User@PO2 Personal wire: Privileged User@P1, User@PO1, Privileged User@P2, User@PO2 In order to execute a personal wire, the user must have the above role assignments and created the wire they are executing
	View a wire from a portlet PO1 on Page P1 to a portlet PO2 on Page P2	Global wire: User@P1, User@PO1 User@P2, User@PO2 Personal wire: Privileged User@P1, User@PO1, Privileged User@P2, User@PO2 In order to view a personal wire, the user must have the above role assignments and created the wire they are viewing
PSE Sources	Create a PSE Source: Create a search collection	Editor@PSE Sources PSE Sources is a virtual resource
	View a PSE Source: Viewing a search collection SC	User@SC
	Facilitating a PSE Source: Using a search collection SC	User@SC
	Edit a PSE Source: Editing a search collection SC	Editor@SC
	Delete a PSE Source: Deleting a search collection SC	Manager@SC
Themes and Skins portlet	Manage themes and skins: Viewing the portlet; deleting, modifying, and adding themes and skins in the Themes and Skins portlet	User@Themes and Skins
Unique Names portlet	Manage unique names: Viewing the portlet; deleting, modifying, and adding unique names in the Unique Names portlet	Editor@R + User@Unique Names
URL Mapping Contexts	Create a new URL mapping context UMC	Editor@URL Mapping Contexts URL Mapping Contexts is a virtual resource
	Traversing a URL mapping context: The ability to traverse a URL mapping context due to a role assignment to some child context of UMC	User@UMC or @ some child context of UMC
	View the definition of a URL mapping context UMC	User@UMC
	Assigning a URL: Create or editing a mapping between a URL mapping context UMC and a portal resource R	Editor@UMC + User@R
	Modifying a URL mapping context: Changing the properties of an existing URL mapping context UMC; for example editing the label	Editor@UMC If Virtual Portal Mapping: Editor@VP URL Mappings VP URL Mappings is a virtual resource
	Delete a URL mapping context UMC and all of its child contexts	Manager@UMC
User Groups	Create a new User group within the user registry	Editor@User Groups User Groups is a virtual resource
	View the User group profile information of a user group UG	User@UG
	Modifying the profile information of a User group UG	Editor@UG
	Add/removing an existing User U or a User group UG2 to or from an existing User group UG1	Security Administrator@Users + Editor@UG1 Users is a virtual resource
	Delete a user group UG	Manager@UG The owner of the user group can also delete it.
Users	Create a new user in the user registry	Editor@User Self Enrollment User Self Enrollment is a virtual resource
	View the user profile information of a user U	User@UG and U is a member of user group UG or User@Users Users is a virtual resource
	Modifying the profile information of a user U	Editor@UG and U is a member of user group UG or Editor@Users Users is a virtual resource
	Delete a user from the user registry and deleting all private pages created by this user	Manager@Users Users is a virtual resource
Web Clipping	Create new clippings	Editor@Portlet Applications Portlet Applications is a virtual resource
Web modules	Install a new portlet application WAR file	Editor@Web Modules Web Modules is a virtual resource
	Update a Web module WM by installing a corresponding WAR file	Editor@Web Modules + Manager@WM
	Uninstall a Web module and removing all corresponding portlet applications and portlets from all pages within the portal	Manager@WM + Manager @ all portlet applications contained in WM
WSRP Producers (on the Consumer side)	Add a remote WSRP Producer PR to the Portal	Editor@WSRP Producers WSRP Producers is a virtual resource
	Edit the settings of a remote Producer PR	Editor@PR
	View the settings or display the list of portlets that are provided by a remote WSRP Producer PR	User@PR
	Delete a remote WSRP Producer from the portal	Manager@PR
XML Access	Run commands using the XML configuration interface	Security Administrator@Portal + Editor@XML Access Portal and XML Access are virtual resources

 

Role Mappings and WSRP services

On the WSRP producer side, you can set the configuration property wsrp.security.enabled go enforce the access control decision for the provided portlets. If this property value is set to true, then all access control decisions in the producing portal are based on the authenticated principal. If wsrp.security.enabled is set to false, then the producing portal does not enforce any access control on incoming client portal WSRP requests.

When using identity propagation, the user authenticated on the client portal needs to have the required role assignments. If no identity propagation is configured, but SSL client certificate authentication is enabled, then the ID of the certificate needs to have the required role assignments. If none of the previously mentioned authentication methods is used, then the request is treated as if coming from the Anonymous Portal Users. In the latter case, the required roles need to be assigned to the Anonymous Portal User, which implies allowing unauthenticated access to the corresponding resources for all users who can access the producer portal.

 

Parent topic

Resources, roles, and policies