Enabling password-protected commands

When the password-protected commands feature is enabled, WebSphere Commerce requires registered users who are logged onto WebSphere Commerce to enter their password before continuing a request that runs designated WebSphere Commerce commands. When you configure password-protected commands, be aware of the consequences of specifying a command that can be run by generic and guest users. Configuring such commands as password-protected will prevent generic and guest customers from running them.

Procedure

  1. Open the WebSphere Commerce configuration file.
  2. Edit the following block: 
    <PasswordProtectedCmds 
        enabled="true"
        name="Password Protected Commands"
        retries="3">

        <Command display="false" name="Command1" />
        <Command display="false" name="Command2" />
        <Command display="false" name="Command3" />

</PasswordProtectedCmds>
    Where:
    PasswordProtectedCmds.enabled
    Specifies whether password-protection is enabled. Possible values are true or false.
    PasswordProtectedCmds.retries
    The number of times an authenticated user is prompted to login before the user is logged off.
    PasswordProtectedCmds.Command.name
    The action path (defined in Struts configuration files) of the controller command that is to be password-protected.

    For example, if you wanted to password-protect com.ibm.commerce.usermanagement.commands.UserRegistrationUpdateCmd, then you would specify its path, UserRegistrationUpdate, as the value of this attribute:

    Struts configuration files 
    
<action parameter="com.ibm.commerce.usermanagement.commands.UserRegistrationUpdateCmd" 
    path="/UserRegistrationUpdate" type="com.ibm.commerce.struts.BaseAction">

    <set-property property="authenticate" value="0:0"/>
    <set-property property="https" value="0:1"/>
</action>
    WebSphere Commerce configuration file 
    
<PasswordProtectedCmds 
    enabled="true"
    name="Password Protected Commands"

    retries="3" >

    <Command display="false" name="UserRegistrationUpdate" />

</PasswordProtectedCmds>
  3. Start your WebSphere Commerce instance if it is not already started.
  4. Run the following command:
    • For IBM i OS operating systemSolarisLinuxAIX WC_installdir/bin/config_ant.sh -DinstanceName=instance_name UpdateEAR
    • Windows WC_installdir/bin/config_ant.bat -DinstanceName=instance_name UpdateEAR
  5. Restart your WebSphere Commerce instance.