Managing login information

In addition to the WebSphere business integration administration account with which you log in to administer the system, an InterChange Server environment requires three types of authorization:

Figure 11 illustrates the login requirements.

Figure 11. InterChange Server authorization requirements


The next sections describe each type of authorization that is shown in Figure 11.

Adapter login to the application

When role-based access control (RBAC) is active, an application client program such as an adapter must supply a username and password to interact with the application. To set up an InterChange Server environment, you need application accounts for all IIOP and MQ adapters that you want to run. By default all such adapters have an application account with username guest and password guest. If RBAC is inactive the login accounts for all adapters are unused. Authentication is supported only for IIOP and MQ adapters, other types of adapters do not require login verification, regardless of the RBAC status.

When you configure an adapter, you must specify the application account name and password as values for the standard connector properties ApplicationUserName and ApplicationPassword. For more information about configuring a connector, see the System Administration Guide.

InterChange Server password

A password protects each InterChange Server from unauthorized access only if RBAC is on. When RBAC is on, the password is required:

There is no default login account and you must create an account with a password prior to first accessing InterChange Server. Figure 12 illustrates InterChange Server password.

Figure 12. InterChange Server password


DBMS access account

When you set up an InterChange Server account in the DBMS, you can either use the default user name and password or choose your own. For instructions about changing the database password, see the System Administration Guide.

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