Security & authentication question

[Former Member]

Hi,

I have in my env. sharepoint portal, authentication is against the Active directory, then it should call a webservice in XI which calls a BAPi in R3.

Can XI handle the security here passing the call to R3 from sharepoint? can i use any tickets here?

[thorsten_nordholmsbirk]

Hi Udi,

If I am reading your question correctly, you want to know if XI can take the user context from the sharepoint portal and pass it on to the R/3 backend, i.e. logging on to R/3 using the same user as is logged on to sharepoint. The answer, unfortunately, is no. AFAIK the only current way to accomplish this is to include the username in the actual message content and pass this on to the R/3 system; then on the R/3 system code the necessary authority checks against the provided username. Be aware though, that you cannot use the usual authority-check functionality for this.

Regards,

Thorsten