We are trying to set up our Visual Adminstrator to allow us to log into the Visual Administrator tool itself using another method of authentication (certificates?) instead of username / password.
I have been looking at the login modules associated with the SAP-J2EE-Engine listed in the path Security Provider -> Runtime tab, Policy Configuration tab, Component SAP-J2EE-Engine.
We run the Visual Adminsitrator from a Solaris UNIX system and display it back to a Windows XP PC. We are trying to get the Visual Adinsitrator to recognize the certificates or some other identification from the PC and map that to a user within the Visual Administrator.
So far, we have not accomplished this but I am told by my manager, this was done in the past by a member of the team who is no longer available to us and who did not document what he had done. The original system was wiped out several years ago so we have nothing for comparison.
I know the component SAP-J2EE-Engine controls the logon to the Visual Adminstrator itself. I know I can use LoginModules to control that logon sequence. I have also tried to look up each of the LoginModules available to see what information can be passed with each to determine if they could be used to identify a user. So far, I have not had much success with any of this.
Has anyone ever tried to do this when logging into the Visual Administrator itself? Is this possible with the Visual Administrator or is my manager mistaken? Our solution can use any authentication - we would prefer certificates - but we are trying to eliminate the username / password authentication and use something a little more secure.
Thank-you in advance,
Deb Nugent.
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