User Management
User Management Tools
SAP NetWeaver Application Server (AS) provides user management tools for both application servers, SAP NetWeaver AS Java and SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP. See the following table.
Tool | Detailed Description |
|---|---|
SAP NetWeaver Identity Management | Use SAP NetWeaver Identity Management for global identity management in heterogeneous system landscapes. This applies to both user management as well as for managing roles and role assignments. |
User Management for the AS ABAP (transaction SU01) | Use the user management transaction |
Profile Generator (transaction PFCG) | Use the profile generator to create roles and assign authorizations to users locally in ABAP-based systems. |
Central User Administration (CUA) | Use the CUA to centrally maintain users for multiple ABAP-based systems. Synchronization with a directory server is also supported. |
User Management Engine (UME) administration console | Use the web-based UME administration console to maintain users, roles, and authorizations locally in Java-based systems that use the UME for the user store, for example, the AS Java and the portal. The UME also supports various persistency options, such as the AS ABAP or a directory server. The UME administration console is also accessible using SAP NetWeaver Administrator. |
User Types
It is often necessary to specify different security policies for different types of users. For example, your policy may specify that individual users who perform tasks interactively have to change their passwords on a regular basis, but not those users under which background processing jobs run. Therefore, we classify different users types in the different products.
The primary classification consists of either individual users or technical users, however, the exact classification depends on the tool used.
For user types on SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP, see User Management.
On SAP NetWeaver AS Java, the user types are classified according to the group assignment and security policies.
For more information, see User Types.
Standard Users
For a list of the standard users delivered and the corresponding security recommendations, see the individual security guides for each of the SAP NetWeaver products or components you use. See also the security guides for the operating system and database platform standard users.
More Information
For more information about user management with SAP NetWeaver, see:
SAP NetWeaver Identity Management: http://help.sap.com/nwidm
Local identity management for SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP or AS Java: Identity Management
Security guides for the individual products or components