Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Administration Guide

Configuring Realm Authentication

The authentication process for a realm is defined by selecting the appropriate authentication chain in the realm or sub realm's configuration.

ProcedureTo Configure A Realms’s Authentication Process

  1. Log in to the OpenSSO Enterprise console as the administrator.

    By default, amadmin.

  2. Click the Access Control tab.

  3. Click the name of the realm under which you configuring an authentication process.

  4. Click the Authentication tab.

  5. Select the appropriate authentication chain as a value for the Default Authentication Chain attribute.

    See Creating Authentication Chains for information.

  6. (Optional) Select the appropriate authentication chain as a value for the Administrator Authentication Chain attribute.

    This authentication chain is used if the authentication process for administrators needs to be different from the process for end users.

  7. Click Save.