Controlling access to a portlet

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In the Portlet Repository, you can specify access privileges against portlets. Portlet access privileges control who can view the portlet on a page as well as which portlets users can add to pages.

To control access to a portlet, you must have at least one of the following privileges:

• Portal administrator

• Manage All privileges on the Portlet Repository page group

• Manage privileges on the page

• Manage privileges on the portlet

• Manage global privileges on All Portlets

You can also control access to all the portlets in a particular provider by setting the access privileges on that provider's page in the Portlet Repository.

To control access to a portlet:

1. In the Navigator, click Edit Root Page next to the Portlet Repository page group.

2. Drill down through the pages to the page that contains the portlet.

3. Next to the portlet, click .

4. Click the Access tab.

5. Select Define Portlet Access Privileges and click Apply.

6. In the Grantee field, enter the name of the user or group that you want to be able to see this portlet.

   Tip: If you are not sure of the name of the user or group, click (for users) or (for groups), and select from the list provided.

7. In the list, choose a privilege level.

8. Click Add.

   Note: If you do not specifically assign privileges to a particular user or group after selecting Define Portlet Access Privileges, only those users with at least Access global privileges on All Portlets will be able to see the portlet and add it to pages.

9. If you change a user or group's portlet privileges, your changes may not take effect immediately if that user, or a member of that group has already accessed the portlet, and the portlet has been cached.

   To make sure that your changes take effect immediately, clear any cache entries for the portlet by clicking Clear Cache.

10. Click OK to return to the Portlet Repository.

Notes

• Use the Privilege list under Change Access to change a user or group's privilege level. Or, click to remove the user or group's privileges entirely.

• Because OID can include multiple containers that can use the same group names, the distinguished name (DN) is displayed next to any group that does not belong to the local Portal instance.

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Controlling access to a page

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