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Enable and Disable the Authorization Provider

After you set up the Authorization Provider realm and configure the Authorization Provider in the WebLogic Server Administration Console, enable the SiteMinder Authorization Provider so that it can authorize users against SiteMinder user directories.

When you disable a SiteMinder Authorization Provider, it no longer authorizes users and authorization defaults to other configured authorization providers.

Important! If the SiteMinder Authorization Provider is the only authorization provider configured for a security realm and you disable it, all authorization requests will be denied.

To enable or disable the SiteMinder Authorization Provider in the Agent configuration file for the Agent

Note: If you are using a single Agent configuration file for multiple SiteMinder Agent providers including the Authorization Provider and you have already enabled a Provider in that file, you do not need to complete this procedure. Continue the configuration process by completing the verification steps.

1. Open the Agent configuration file in the ASA_HOME/conf directory.
2. Set the EnableWebAgent parameter as follows:
   • To enable the Authorization Provider, set EnableWebAgent to Yes as follows:

     EnableWebAgent="Yes"

   • To disable the Authorization Provider, set EnableWebAgent to No:

     EnableWebAgent="No"

   Note: The EnableWebAgent parameter applies to all of the Providers that use the Agent configuration file. For example, if you configured all of the SiteMinder Agent Providers to use a single Agent configuration file, setting EnableWebAgent to yes, enables all of the Providers.