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There are three different types of user accounts associated with Oracle Portal: Oracle database user accounts (schemas) An Oracle database user account (commonly referred to as a schema) is used to store database objects, applications, and components, and to determine a user's database privileges. Database administrators can create Oracle database schemas using SQL commands or the Schemas portlet on the Administer Database tab of the Oracle Portal home page. Each Oracle Portal user account must be mapped to a database schema to determine the user's database privileges. If you plan to use a database schema for this purpose, you must identify it as such by selecting the Use this Schema for Portal Users check box when creating or editing the database schema. A Single Sign-On user account is used to access applications (including Oracle Portal) with a single user name and password, rather than a user having to remember multiple user names and passwords and log in to each application individually. Once a user has entered his or her Single Sign-On user name and password for one application, he or she can access other applications without having to log in again. Login Server Administrators can create Single Sign-On user accounts using the Login Server or the Users portlet on the Administer tab of the Oracle Portal home page. Note: To access the Administer tab of the Oracle Portal, users must also be portal administrators. An Oracle Portal user account (also referred to simply as a user account or user) establishes user details, preferences, and privileges within Oracle Portal. Oracle Portal user accounts do not have any direct privileges on the database. However, because Oracle Portal pages are displayed by executing procedures in the database, an Oracle Portal user account needs to have execute privileges on those procedures. To do this, each Oracle Portal user account must be associated with an Oracle database schema that has the appropriate privileges to display Oracle Portal pages. Oracle Portal user accounts are created automatically when a portal administrator first attempts to edit the Portal user settings of a Single Sign-On user account, or when a user first attempts to log in to Oracle Portal using his or her Single Sign-On account. Portal administrators can edit Oracle Portal user accounts using the Users portlet on the Administer tab of the Oracle Portal home page. |