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Default Authentication Provider: Provider Specific

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This page allows you to configure additional attributes for this WebLogic Authentication provider.

Configuration Options

Name Description
Minimum Password Length

This password is the password used to define users in the embedded LDAP server used by the WebLogic Authentication provider to store user and group information.

MBean Attribute:
DefaultAuthenticatorMBean.MinimumPasswordLength

Minimum value: 0

Identity Domain

The name of the identity domain.

MBean Attribute:
IdentityDomainAuthenticatorMBean.IdentityDomain

Use Retrieved User Name As Principal

Specifies whether we should use the user name retrieved from the embedded LDAP server as the Principal in the Subject.

MBean Attribute:
DefaultAuthenticatorMBean.UseRetrievedUserNameAsPrincipal

Propagate Cause For Login Exception

Specifies whether the providers should propagate the cause of the LoginException.

MBean Attribute:
LoginExceptionPropagatorMBean.PropagateCauseForLoginException

Changes take effect after you redeploy the module or restart the server.

Enable Password Digests

Enables the storage of password information required to support Web Services Security Password Digest and other digest authentication algorithms. If set to true, the WebLogic Authentication provider stores the user password in a 2-way encrypted form. The original password can then be retrieved and used for digest authentication.

MBean Attribute:
DefaultAuthenticatorMBean.PasswordDigestEnabled

Changes take effect after you redeploy the module or restart the server.

Max Group Membership Search Level

Specifies how many levels of group membership can be searched. This setting is valid only if GroupMembershipSearching is set to limited. Valid values are 0, and positive numbers. For example, 0 indicates only direct group memberships will be found, a positive number indicates the number of levels to go down.

MBean Attribute:
DefaultAuthenticatorMBean.MaxGroupMembershipSearchLevel

Group Membership Searching

Specifies whether recursive group membership searching is unlimited or limited. Valid values are unlimited and limited.

MBean Attribute:
DefaultAuthenticatorMBean.GroupMembershipSearching

Provider Class Name

The name of the Java class used to load the Authentication provider.

MBean Attribute:
DefaultAuthenticatorMBean.ProviderClassName

Changes take effect after you redeploy the module or restart the server.

Name Callback Allowed

Specifies whether the provider is allowed to get the user name from a NameCallback versus getting the user name (and identity domain) from an IdentityDomainUserCallback when the provider is configured with an identity domain.

MBean Attribute:
DefaultAuthenticatorMBean.NameCallbackAllowed

Keep Alive Enabled

Specifies whether to prevent LDAP connections from timing out.

MBean Attribute:
DefaultAuthenticatorMBean.KeepAliveEnabled

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