6.x Security

6.x security is designed around simple incremental building blocks. The administrator first creates a user and assigns him to one or more groups. The groups, in turn, have privileges associated with them in the form of Access Control Lists, or ACLs.

Users

The user is the fundamental unit of access control in WebLogic Server 6.x. Users have only two attributes, their name and their password. This means that after users are created, about the only thing you can do with them is change their password or delete them entirely. Both of these tasks are accomplished from the Security folder in the Administration console. To perform user administration:

  • Expand the security icon.
  • Click on users.

WebLogic Server 6.x provides two users of particular ...

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