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Administrative UI Permissions

If a Legacy Administrator is to manage SiteMinder objects using the Administrative UI, you delegate fine-grained permissions after creating the administrator.

Note: For more information about access methods, Policy Server tool usage, and security categories, see the Administrative UI online help system.

Administrator Store Options

By default, the Administrative UI uses the policy store as its source of administrator identities. However, we recommend that you use an external administrator user store, such as a corporate directory, for further administrator accounts.

Consider the following factors when deciding where to store administrator identities:

• If you are configuring the Administrative UI with a single Policy Server, you can use the policy store to store administrator identities.
• If you are configuring the Administrative UI with multiple Policy Servers, you must use an external administrator store.
• If you store administrator identities in the policy store, you can only establish a new administrator record in the policy store by creating a Legacy Administrator.
• If you store administrator identities in an external store, you create Administrator accounts to locate administrator records in the external store.

  Note: You cannot create new Legacy Administrators or associate Administrator accounts with Legacy Administrator records to allow Administrative UI access once an external administrator store is configured.

• An external administrator store can be used to help ensure that multiple Administrative UI instances share the same set of administrators. By default, the Administrative UI uses the policy store that is configured with the registered Policy Server.

Note: For more information about installing the Administrative UI and configuring additional Policy Server connections, see the Policy Server Installation Guide.

More information:

How to Install the Administrative UI

How to Configure Additional Policy Server Connections

Administrator Types