Upgrading Security

9.Reboot WebLogic Server.

10.Expand the Domains-->Security nodes.

11.Select the General tab.

12.Set the security realm in which you configured the Realm Adapter Authentication provider as the default security realm.

13.Click Apply.

Note: ACLs cannot be upgraded to WebLogic Server 7.0.

Guest User

The guest user is no longer supplied by default in WebLogic Server 7.0. To use the guest user, you must run in Compatibility security or define the guest user as a user in the default Authentication provider for your security realm. For information about defining users, see “Creating Users” in Securing WebLogic Resources.

In WebLogic Server 6.x, the guest user identified any unauthenticated user (anonymous user) as a guest user and allowed the guest user access to WebLogic Server resources. In 7.0, WebLogic Server distinguishes between the guest user and an anonymous user. To use the guest user as you did in WebLogic Server 6.x, add the guest user to the default Authentication provider and set the following property when starting WebLogic Server:

-Dweblogic.security.anonymousUserName=guest

Without this command line property, the anonymous user will have the name of <anonymous>.

password.ini File

Previous releases of WebLogic Server supported the use of a password.ini file for determining the administrative identity of a WebLogic Server deployment. The password.ini file is no longer supported in WebLogic Server 7.0. It is replaced by the boot.properties file, which contains your username and password in an encrypted format. For more information about using the boot.properties file, see

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7 specifications

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