Why and when to perform this task
A number of default gateway-level authentication settings are included in the gateway. There is a default role of AuthenticatedUsers which includes the special group AllAuthenticatedUsers. When security is enabled, you must supply a user ID and password to use the gateway administrative interface or invoke a gateway service.
This task covers the three main areas in which you might want to make changes:
If you want to change the default gateway-level authentication settings, you must do so before you install any channels. When you run the script that installs the gateway (either into an application server that is part of a deployment manager cell or into a stand-alone application server) you also install the following channels:
You can enable gateway-level authentication at any time. After gateway-level authentication is enabled, filters have access to the authentication information for the requester.
You can assign users and groups to roles at any time.
To enable gateway-level authentication, complete the following steps:
Steps for this task
Note: The current Jacl installation scripts do not let you assign users to roles as part of installing the gateway into an application server that is part of a deployment manager cell or into a stand-alone application server.