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Configure SiteMinder Web Agent

Perform the following procedure to configure the SiteMinder Web Agent.

Follow these steps:

1. Install and configure the SiteMinder Web Agent on the front-end web server.

   Note: For more information, see the SiteMinder Web Agent Installation Guide.

2. Verify the following details:
   • The name of the agent object is specified correctly in your agent configuration object.
   • The agent object is a SiteMinder 4.x enabled agent.
   • The shared secret for the agent is the same shared secret used in the SAP Web AS Agent configuration file.
3. Set the following parameters in the Agent Configuration Object:
   • FCCCompatMode = No
   • DisableSessionVars = No

   If SiteMinder is in a federation deployment with CA Federation Manager, also set the following parameter:

   • LegacyVariables = No
4. If you have an Enterprise Portal integration, modify the following parameters of the Agent Configuration Object for certain Enterprise Portal links to function properly:
   • Remove // and ~ from the list in the BadUrlChars parameter.
   • Remove < and > from the list of BadCSSChars parameters.
5. Restart the web server to reflect the changed values.