Configuring User Management

User management configuration or UME configuration is a Web Dynpro application for configuring the UME. It is integrated in SAP NetWeaver Administrator and in the System Administration role of SAP Enterprise Portal. You can also start this tool as a stand-alone console. Use the method most appropriate to your environment.

• SAP NetWeaver Administrator of SAP NetWeaver Application Server for Java (SAP NetWeaver AS for Java)

  1. Enter the following in your Web browser:

     <http/https>://<AS_Java_hostname>:<AS_Java_HTTP_port>/nwa/identity

  2. Choose User Management Configuration.

• Portal

  1. Enter the following in your Web browser:

     <http/https>://<AS_Java_hostname>:<AS_Java_HTTP_port>/irj

  2. Choose  System Administration  System Configuration  UME Configuration .

• Stand-alone console

  1. Enter the following in your Web browser:

     <http/https>://<AS_Java_hostname>:<AS_Java_HTTP_port>/useradmin

  2. Choose User Management Configuration.

     Note

     No matter which access method you use, configure SAP NetWeaver AS for Java to use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) whenever possible.

     For more information, see Configuring the Use of SSL on the AS Java.

• UME Data Sources

  Describes the following:

  • Features and restrictions for the data sources supported by UME

  • How to configure the UME to use an LDAP directory as a data source

  • Details on how to create a custom data source configuration file

    Caution

    We do not recommend that you create your own data source configuration. Only use this option in exceptional circumstances.

• Editing UME Properties

  Describes how to change UME properties.

• Configuring the Security Policy for User ID and Passwords

  Explains how to configure the UME security policy, which controls aspects such as password length.

• Configuring E-Mail Notification

  Describes how to set up UME to send automatic notification mails on specific events, for example, when an administrator locks a user.

• Configuring Self-Registration

  Describes how to enable users to create their own user accounts.

• Configuring Self-Management

  Describes how to enable users to manage their own user accounts.

• Enabling Users to Reset Their Own Password

  Describes how you can configure logon help for users who forget their password.

• Logon Screen Customization

  Describes how to configure the look and feel of the logon screen and how to enable the logon help and self-registration links.

• Configuring Delegated User Administration Using Companies

  Outlines the UME company concept and explains how to use companies for self-registration with approval and for a form of delegated user administration.

• Configuring Virtual Groups

  Describes how to create groups at runtime based on the values of a user attribute.

• Adding Custom Attributes to the User Profile

  Describes how to define attributes and add them to the user profile.

• Allowing Users to View the Contact Information of Other Users

  Describes how you can grant business users the ability to view the contact information of other business users in your system.

• Additional Customizing Options

  Provides information on how you can customize various aspects of UME functions.

The UME provides some configuration options that are only available if you have a portal.

For more information, see User Management Configuration in the portal documentation.

• Configuring SSL Between the UME and an LDAP Directory

• Configuring SNC Between the UME and an ABAP-Based System