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Use a Shared Agent Configuration File and Configuration Object for All Agent Modules

By default, the SiteMinder TAI, SiteMinder Login Module, and SiteMinder JACC Provider each have their own Agent configuration file. However, you can configure all the Agent modules to share a single Agent Configuration file (and thus, a single configuration object).

To create a shared Agent configuration file and configuration object for all three SiteMinder Agent modules on the system where the SiteMinder Agent is installed

1. Create a shared Agent configuration file by copying any one of the AsaAgent-module.conf files and giving it a new name (for example, AsaAgent.conf).
2. Open the shared Agent configuration file and verify that the HostConfigFile, and AgentConfigObject parameters are configured correctly.
3. Edit the smagent.properties file to change the value of the smazconf, smauthconf, and smassertionconf parameters to reflect the new shared Agent configuration file name. For example:

   smazconf="c:\smwasasa\conf\AsaAgent.conf"
   smauthconf="c:\smwasasa\conf\AsaAgent.conf"
   smassertionconf="c:\smwasasa\conf\AsaAgent.conf"
   

Note: Because of the limitations associated with this configuration, it is not typically recommended.