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Delegated Administration Through the Oracle Internet Directory Self-Service Console

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About Delegated Administration

Delegated administration, provided through the Oracle Identity Management infrastructure, enables you to store all data for users, groups, and services in a central directory, while distributing the administration of that data to various administrators and end users. It does this in a way that respects the various security requirements in your environment.

For example, your enterprise may require one administrator for user data, and another for the e-mail service. Or it may require the administrator of a component like Oracle Financials to have full control of user privileges, and that of another component like OracleAS Portal to have full control of the Web pages for a specific user or group. Delegated administration, as provided by the Oracle Identity Management infrastructure, enables all of these administrators with their diverse security requirements to administer the centralized data in a way that is both secure and scalable. Within this environment, the Oracle Internet Directory Self-Service Console is a convenient tool for delegating administration to various administrators or to end users.

See Also:
Chapter 17, "Delegation of Privileges for an Oracle Technology Deployment" for more information about delegated administration

About the Oracle Internet Directory Self-Service Console

The Oracle Internet Directory Self-Service Console enables you to delegate administrative privileges to various administrators and to end users. It is a ready-to-use application created by using Oracle Delegated Administration Services. It provides a single graphical interface for delegated administrators and end users to manage data in the directory.

Figure 31-1 shows how the Oracle Internet Directory Self-Service Console interacts with Oracle Delegated Administration Services.

Figure 31-1 Interactions of Oracle Delegated Administration Services Components

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