Sun Java System Portal Server 7.2 Administration Guide

Available Settings

Following are the three community aspects on which access controls can be set based on requirement of a community.

Membership Access
  • Unrestricted Membership (Public): A community with an unrestricted membership is open for anyone to join.

  • Restricted Membership (Private): A community with a restricted membership requires a user to make a request (to the owner of the community) and be granted or denied of the membership. Alternatively, the owner can invite or explicitly add one or more users to the community.

Community Listing
  • Listed (Public): A community is registered in the community categories and can be browsed and searched by anyone.

  • Unlisted (Private): A community cannot be searched and is not browsed in the community categories.

Secured Content
  • Unsecured (Public): The data posted on the community has the potential of being searched and accessed by non-members.

  • Secured (Private): All data posted on the community will be strictly protected and can only be searched and accessed by the members.