Policy Server Administration Guide › Cache Management › Flush Caches › Flush User Session Caches

Flush User Session Caches

When a user successfully authenticates, the Policy Server begins a session for the authenticated user. During the session, the web agent stores authorization information in the user cache.

Consider the following:

• If you change user access rights, it can be necessary to force the Policy Server to flush user session information from the web agent cache.
• The option to flush user caches is only enabled for administrators that have permission to manage users.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the Administrative UI.
2. Click Administration, Policy Server, Cache Management.
3. Select one of the following options in the User Session Caches section.

   All

   Flushes all user sessions from the user cache.

   Specific User DN

   Flushes a specific DN from the user cache.

   If you select this option:

   1. Select the user directory from the Directory list that contains the DN you want to remove.
   2. Enter the distinguished name in the DN field. Specify a user DN, not a DN of a group. If you do not know the DN, click Lookup and search for the DN.

4. Click Flush.

   SOA Security Manager flushes the respective users from the user cache. This process takes up to twice the time specified by your Policy Server poll interval while the Policy Server synchronizes caches.

5. Click Submit.

   The user session caches are cleared.