
16 Enterprise Business Portals II with IBM Tivoli Access Manager
Table 1-1 WebSphere Portal permissions
The authorization functionality can also be externalized, as described in 1.4,
“WebSphere Portal and Tivoli Access Manager” on page 16.
1.3.3 Administration
Administration usually refers to the management of authentication and
authorization information. This includes the administration of users and their
passwords, group memberships, and access control information.
The administration implementation in WebSphere Portal concerning user and
group management relies on an LDAP directory structure, which is an open and
standardized format of how