Disabling step-up authentication and the Remember me cookie | HCL Digital Experience
You can disable the step-up authentication feature or the Remember me cookie to remove them from your server.
Procedure
- Go to the wp_profile_root/ConfigEngine/properties directory.
- Open the wkplc.properties file with a text editor.
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Enter one of the following values for the disable_rememberme parameter under the StepUp
Authentication heading:
Note: Add the disable_rememberme parameter to the wkplc.properties file if it does not exist.
- If you are disabling both step-up authentication and the Remember me cookie, enter true.
- If you are disabling step-up authentication only, enter false.
- If you are disabling the Remember me cookie only, leave blank.
- Save your changes to the wkplc.properties file.
- Open a command prompt.
- Change to the wp_profile_root/ConfigEngine directory.
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Choose one of the following tasks to modify your environment:
- If you are disabling step-up authentication and or the Remember me cookie, run the disable-stepup-authentication task.
- If you are disabling the Remember me cookie only, run the disable-rememberme task.
Use the following command syntax:- AIX® HP-UX Linux™ Solaris: ./ConfigEngine.sh task_name -DWasPassword=password
- IBM® i: ConfigEngine.sh task_name -DWasPassword=password
- Windows™: ConfigEngine.bat task_name -DWasPassword=password
- z/OS®: ./ConfigEngine.sh task_name -DWasPassword=password
Where task_name is either disable-stepup-authentication or disable-rememberme.
- Check the output for any error messages before you run any additional tasks. If any of the configuration tasks fail, verify the values in the wkplc.properties file.
- Stop and restart the appropriate servers to propagate the changes. For instructions, go to Starting and stopping servers, deployment managers, and node agents.