Web Services Basic Authentication and System Accounts

[former_member186439]

We have developed and ABAP web service that uses Basic Authentication. Everything is working fine. However, the we are only able to run the web service using accounts that are of type "Dialog" or "Service". For security reasons (we don't what this account to have access to the SAP GUI), we want to run the web service with an account of type "System". Is there anything we can do?

[Former Member]

Hello,

You can use system user to make web service calls using basic authentication. But the recommended user type is Service.

Thanks,

Venu

[former_member186439]

I get a 401 Not Authorized error if it is a System account.