10.5. SWAM
The SWAM (Simple WebSphere Authentication Mechanism) is intended for simple, non-distributed, single application server type runtime environments. The single application server restriction is due to the fact that SWAM does not support forwardable credentials. For more information on authentication mechanisms, refer to “Authentication mechanisms” on page 224.
Using SWAM does not require further configuration for WebSphere Application Server V5; you can simply select SWAM as the authentication mechanism on the Global Security page, as shown in Figure 10-13.
Figure 10-13. Configuring SWAM for the application server
Once you enable ...
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