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Background documentation Administration of Users and Roles Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

As an administrator, you control who has access to applications by creating users and providing these users with a means of authenticating themselves to an application. To simplify user administration, users can be collected in groups according to criteria such as the users’ function in a company or the department they work in. Roles define the users’ authorizations and, in the case of portal roles, they additionally define the users’ navigation experience. Roles can be assigned to either users or groups.

Integration

The SAP NetWeaver Application Server (AS) Java includes the identity management application for administration of users, groups, and roles.

For more information about the user interface and how to start it, see Identity Management.

This section also describes user management functions of the visual administrator. The visual administrator is an administration tool for the security service of the AS Java. Use the visual administrator to manage J2EE security roles or to manage the user rights for resources of the AS Java.

      Structure linkAS Java User Management Using the Visual Administrator

      Managing Resources

Administration

This section lists of administrative tasks, general and specific, for the management of users, groups, and roles.

Daily Tasks

      Managing Users, Groups, and Roles

      Assigning Principals to Roles or Groups

      Locking or Unlocking Users

      Password Management

      Approving or Rejecting Users

      Moving a User to Another Company

On Demand Tasks

      Creating a Technical User

      Maintaining the User's Certificate Information

      Import and Export of User Management Data

      Activating the Emergency User

      Modifying the Default Administrator User

      Monitoring the Performance of the UME Cache 

Portal-Specific Tasks

For information about user administration in the portal environment, see Structure linkUser Administration.

Concepts

This section lists conceptual topics useful for the administration of users, groups, and roles. Also included is background information for selected features.

      UME Groups

      Default Groups

      User Profile

      Self-Registration

The Security Guide for the AS Java includes lists of principals delivered with the AS Java. For more information, see the following topics in the Security Guide:

      Structure linkStandard Users

      Structure linkStandard User Groups

      Structure linkUser Types

More Information:

Logging and Tracing

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