Assign Delegated Administration to Security Providers

You can determine which administrative users can view the properties of any authentication provider or role mapper by assigning one or more Delegated Administration roles to a provider.

Assigning Delegated Administration to a Security Provider

1. In the Security Providers tool, select the authentication provider or role mapper for which you want to set up Delegated Administration.
   To set Delegated Administration on all authentication providers or role mappers, select the Authentication Providers node or Role Mappers node.
2. Select the Edit Delegated Admin tab.
3. In the Delegated Administration Roles drop-down list, select a role and click Add Role.
4. In the Capabilities field, select the "Can Use" option.
   Selecting this option automatically creates a security policy for the Delegated Administration role behind the scenes. This means that if you use the role to delegate administration on a group in the Users & Groups tool, the administrative users in that role will be able to manage that group and its users.
5. Repeat the previous two steps to add more roles.
6. Click Save in the Capabilities column.

Removing Delegated Administration from a Security Provider

You can remove any of the Delegated Administration roles you have previously assigned to an authentication provider or role mapper. Removing roles does not delete them from the system. Administrative users that belong to those roles will no longer be able to view those security provider properties.

1. In the Security Providers tool, select the authentication provider or role mapper for which you want to remove Delegated Administration.
   You can also select the Authentication Providers node or Role Mappers node if you set Delegated Administration at that level.
2. Select the Edit Delegated Admin tab.
3. In the Delegated Administration Roles list, select the role(s) you want to remove.
4. Click Remove Selected Roles.

Related Topics:

- Overview of Portal Security
- Using Multiple Authentication Providers with WebLogic Portal
- Delegated Administration Overview
- Assign Delegated Administration to Groups