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Anonymous Browsing and the Anonymous User Record

This topic describes the modifications you might have to make to the anonymous user record when you implement anonymous browsing. For additional information on the anonymous user, see Configuring the Anonymous User.

This task is a step in Process of Implementing Anonymous Browsing.

The anonymous user is a record in the Siebel database and, if you implement external user authentication, a corresponding record in the external directory of users. The anonymous user is a component in user authentication, anonymous browsing, and self-registration. For applications that allow anonymous browsing, the anonymous user provides visibility of the pages for which you allow anonymous browsing.

Before implementing anonymous browsing, check that:

• An anonymous user record exists in your Siebel database and external directory.

  In general, you will have set up your user authentication architecture before configuring an application for user access so the anonymous user will already exist in your Siebel database and in your directory. For information, see Configuring the Anonymous User.

• The anonymous user record is assigned appropriate responsibilities.

  The responsibility that is assigned to a user record in the database contains a list of views to which the user has access. You must confirm that the anonymous user used for your Siebel Business Application includes an appropriate responsibility so that unregistered users can see the views you intend them to see.

If you choose to use a seed anonymous user in your authentication setup, then verify that its seed responsibility includes the views you want to provide for anonymous browsing. For example, if you use the GUESTCST seed user for a Siebel customer application, then verify that its responsibility, Web Anonymous User, includes the required views.

If the responsibility does not include your required views, then do one of the following:

• Create one or more additional responsibilities that include missing views, and then add these responsibilities to the existing seed responsibility in the anonymous user's Responsibility field. The user has access to all the views in all the assigned responsibilities. For information about creating a responsibility or adding views to a responsibility, see Configuring Access Control.
• Copy the seed responsibility record, add missing views to the copy, and replace the responsibility in the anonymous user record with the modified responsibility.

  NOTE:  You cannot directly modify a seed responsibility.

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