Configuring Application Security
Applications come with roles and permissions that you can configure or use as delivered. Roles define the permission lists that are assigned to groups of people. A permission list defines a group of securable objects. A comprehensive role and permission list design is necessary to best manage which users can access each piece of content in the portal.
A powerful feature of PeopleTools security is the dynamic role. User membership to these roles is defined programmatically instead of by manually updating a membership list. Dynamic roles can simplify user role assignments significantly.
To secure access to content, you perform the following steps:
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Configure permission lists, roles, and user profiles. |
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(Optional) Set up single sign-on. |
See Security Administration: Understanding Single Signon. See Implementing Single Signon Functionality. See Security Administration: Configuring the LDAP Directory. |