Administrator Proxy Authentication: Eliminating End-User Credential Configuration

You can enable administrator proxy authentication for the Address Book, Calendar, and Mail channels. If you extend support for proxy authentication between the Sun Java System Sun Java System Portal Server and Sun Java System Messaging Services (Sun Java System Messaging Server and Calendar Server), end users do not have to visit a channel’s edit page to enter their user name and user password credentials. An administrator’s credentials are used instead of an end-user’s credentials, and they are stored in the SSO Adapter template.

Within the template, the administrator’s User ID is stored as a value for the proxyAdminUid attribute while the administrator’s password is stored as a value for the proxyAdminPassword attribute. Every time a user launches a channel, these values are used to make a connection between a channel and its respective back-end server. A naming attribute for the user is also sent to the back-end server. For more information on naming attributes for administrator proxy authentication, see the userAttribute property in Overview of How to Configure Proxy Authentication.

Proxy authentication cannot be configured for Sun Java System Instant Messaging Server, Microsoft Exchange Server, or IBM Lotus Notes server.

Enabling administrator proxy authentication disables the end-user credential configuration for the associated Address Book, Calendar, or Mail channel. A message will be displayed in the channel.