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Groups Module

The SiteMinder Authentication Provider can obtain group information using one or more of the following:

• Identity Manager API (licensed separately)
• DMS API
• SiteMinder responses

You can use a new Agent Configuration Object parameter, SmUserDirectory, which allows the SiteMinder Agent to return group information to the WebLogic Server. If you configure this parameter in the Agent Configuration Object or set the SiteMinder responses so that groups are returned, the SiteMinder Authentication Provider uses one or more of the APIs to obtain the groups that users belong to and populates the subject with a principal for each group.