AccessAgent
AccessAgent is the client software that manages user identity, authenticates the user, and automates single sign-on.
- Signing up using your password (Active Directory sync)
When you sign up, be sure to have an enterprise identity or a user name that is assigned to you by your organization. Your enterprise identity can be your email address, your Active Directory user name, or SAP user name, or any other enterprise directory user name. IBM® Security Access Manager for Enterprise Single Sign-On takes your enterprise identity and uses it to label your Wallet. - Signing up using your password (non-Active Directory sync)
Verify with your administrator if you are in an Active Directory synchronization deployment. If not, follow this procedure. - Logging on using your password
Use your password to log on to AccessAgent. - Locking and unlocking your computer
If you are moving away from your computer, lock it using AccessAgent to prevent unauthorized access to your computer. - Using other authentication factors
Aside from your password, you can use another authentication factor such as RFID, fingerprint, and smart card to ensure strong authentication for your organization. - Signing up with another RFID card or smart card
You can sign up for the second time for another RFID card or smart card if you lost them or if you want to have two authentication devices. - Managing Wallets
The Wallet Manager manages the passwords that are stored in your Wallet. Use it to configure the settings for the passwords that are based on your needs and personal preferences. - Changing passwords
To ensure that the password is not compromised, your organization might schedule compulsory password changes. Your organization can also request users to change Wallet passwords after a specified duration. - Resetting passwords without IMS Server connectivity
This procedure assumes you cannot connect to the IMS Server. In this scenario, you need both a request code and an authorization code to reset your password. - Resetting passwords with IMS Server connectivity
This procedure assumes that you are successfully connected to the IMS Server. In this scenario, you need an authorization code to reset your password. If a self-service password reset is enabled, users can also reset their passwords without calling Help desk by answering two or more secret questions. - Setting self-service secrets in AccessAgent
You can specify more secret questions and secret answers. - Bypassing strong authentication
You can temporarily log on to AccessAgent without your second factor authentication device such as a smart card, or RFID Card.
Parent topic: User Guide