User account security is managed through the atg.security API. Using this API, you can manage persistent user accounts, look up user identities and associate them with roles, manage access control lists, and tie together multiple security systems running against the same user account database and/or authentication mechanisms.
The Security Services Interface is a set of fast, flexible APIs that you can use in an application to provide security for the application’s features. The Security Management Interface enables programmers to configure account and privilege information with minimal programming.
This chapter covers the following topics:
Security Services Classes and Interfaces
Outlines the main interfaces, objects and classes of the Security Services.
Extending the Security Model
Provides examples of extending the default security model and authenticating a user.
Configuring Access Privileges
Describes how to configure and restore Dynamo’s default login accounts, and how to create new accounts, groups, and privileges using the ATG Control Center.
Configuring LDAP Repository Security
Describes how to configure Dynamo to use an LDAP repository to authenticate users and groups.
