Controlling User Access to the eSales Web Site

You might want to perform some of the following tasks to control user access in your Siebel eSales Web site.

• Using external authentication, such as LDAP

• Creating database users for LDAP to use in database access

• Defining visibility for the following:

  • Views (see Setting Up Default Responsibilities and User Types for eSales)

  • Catalogs and categories (see Defining Access Groups)

  • Products (see Setting Up Price Lists for Siebel eSales)

• Assigning the proxy employee

• Creating users through registration or user administration

• Associating users with accounts

• Allowing these various levels of access:

  • Anonymous

  • Implicit login

  • Explicit login

• Customizing access to home and login pages

• Using single sign-on functionality

• Allowing another system to log in

• Adding fields to registration forms

For information on controlling user access, see Siebel Security Guide.