<a name="compatibility_mode"></a>Compatibility Security

Use this tab to configure a WebLogic Credential Mapping provider for a security realm.

Note: The Administration Console refers to the WebLogic Credential Mapping provider as the Default Credential Mapper.

Credential mapping is the process whereby a remote system's authentication and authorization mechanisms are used to obtain an appropriate set of credentials to authenticate users to a target resource. In the WebLogic Server security architecture, a Credential Mapping provider is used to provide credential mapping services and bring new types of credentials into the WebLogic Server environment.

By default, the WebLogic Credential Mapping provider is configured in the default security realm (myrealm). You can use a Custom Credential Mapping provider instead of the WebLogic Credential Mapping provider. For a Custom Credential Mapping provider to be available in the WebLogic Server Administration Console, the MBean JAR file for the provider must be in the WL_HOME\lib\mbeantypes directory.

The Credential Mapping Deployment Enabled attribute specifies whether or not this Credential Mapping provider imports credential maps from a 6.x Resource Adapter Archive (RAR). In order to support the Credential Mapping Deployment Enabled attribute, a Credential Mapping provider must implement the DeployableCredentialProvider SSPI. By default, the WebLogic Credential Mapping provider has this attribute enabled. The credential mapping information is stored in the embedded LDAP server.

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Attribute Label	Description	Value Constraints
Name	The name of this configuration. WebLogic Server uses an MBean to implement and persist the configuration. MBean: weblogic.security. providers.credentials. DefaultCredentialMapperMBean Attribute: Name
Description	A short description of the WebLogic Credential Mapping provider. MBean: weblogic.security. providers.credentials. DefaultCredentialMapperMBean Attribute: Description	Default: "WebLogic Credential Mapping Provider"
Version	this security provider's version. Each security provider's mbean should set the default value of this read-only attribute to a string that specifies the version of the provider (eg. 7.3.04). In other words, each security provider's mbean hard-wires its version. There are no conventions on the contents of the version string. MBean: weblogic.security. providers.credentials. DefaultCredentialMapperMBean Attribute: Version	Default: "1.0"
Credential Mapping Deployment Enabled	Indicates whether this Credential Mapper provider stores credential maps created when deploying a resource adapter. MBean: weblogic.security. providers.credentials. DefaultCredentialMapperMBean Attribute: CredentialMappingDeploymentEnabled	Default: new java.lang.Boolean(true) Valid values: true false