Portal Authentication

The Search Server can be configured to authenticate user access through the Tealeaf® Portal's authentication mechanisms. Configuring portal authentication is similar to how you can configure NT authentication for Search Server with the following differences:

Note: Portal authentication extracts user and group information from the Portal database tables. You cannot make changes to users and groups through Search Server configuration. For more information on making changes to Portal users and groups, see "cxImpact Administration Manual" in the IBM® Tealeaf cxImpact Administration Manual.
Note: Portal authentication can be enabled only on a server that contains the Portal user database. All other servers that host Search Server must point to the Portal authenticating server as their authentication master.

By default, Search Server assumes that the following Portal user groups have administration privileges:

For more background information, see "Authentication" in the IBM Tealeaf cxImpact Administration Manual.

Figure 1. Configuring Portal Authentication

To view the members of a user or admin group, select the group and click List Group.

Like NT authentication, Portal authentication supports the use of privacy keys and data segmentation.