WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, Version 6.0.x     Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows

Tivoli Access Manager JACC provider configuration

You can configure the Java Authorization Contract for Containers (JACC) provider for Tivoli Access Manager to deliver authentication and authorization protection for your applications or for authentication only. Most deployments that use the JACC provider for Tivoli Access Manager to configure Tivoli Access Manager provide both authentication and authorization functionality.

If you want Tivoli Access Manager to provide authentication, but want to leave authorization as part of WebSphere Application Server native security, add the following property to the amwas.amjacc.template.properties file that is located in the profile_root/config/cells/cell_name directory.
com.tivoli.pd.as.amwas.DisableAddAuthorizationTableEntry=true

After this property is set, perform the tasks for setting Tivoli Access Manager Security, as documented.

You can configure the JACC provider for Tivoli Access Manager using either the WebSphere Application Server administrative console or the wsadmin command-line utility.

The JACC configuration files for Tivoli Access Manager that are common across multiple WebSphere Application Server profiles are created by default under the java/jre directory. When you install WebSphere Application Server, you are given permissions to read and write to the files in this directory.

[UNIX]Profiles created by users who are different to the user that installed the application have read-only permissions for this directory.

This situation is not ideal because configuration of the JACC provider for Tivoli Access Manager fails in these situations. To avoid this problem, you can apply read and write permissions to the java/jre directory. To avoid this situation, you can add the following property to the profile_root/config/cells/cell_name/amwas.amjacc.template.properties file:

com.tivoli.pd.as.jacc.CommonFileLocation=new location

Where new location is a fully qualified directory name. This property sets the location of the JACC provider for Tivoli Access Manager properties files that are common across profiles.

The wsadmin command is available to reconfigure the Java Authorization Contract for Containers (JACC) Tivoli Access Manager interface:

$AdminTask reconfigureTAM -interactive

This command effectively prompts you through the process of unconfiguring the interface and then reconfiguring it.



Related tasks
Enabling embedded Tivoli Access Manager
Configuring the JACC provider for Tivoli Access Manager using the administrative console
Configuring the JACC provider for Tivoli Access Manager using the wsadmin utility
Configuring the JACC provider for Tivoli Access Manager using the administrative console

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