Enabling Impersonation Service in WPS 7.0

By default impersonation is turned off and you will have to follow these steps to turn it on

  1. Log into WAS Admin Console for WebSphere Portal Server

  2. Go to the Resource Environment Provider -< WP_AuthenticationService -< Custom Properties and add a custom property like this


    Name: logout.explicit.filterchain
    Value:com.ibm.wps.auth.impersonation.impl.ImpersonationLogoutFilter


  3. Go to the Resource ENvironment Provier -< WP_PortletServiceRegistryService -< Custom properties page and add a property like this


    Name : jndi.com.ibm.portal.portlet.service.impersonation.ImpersonationService
    Value: com.ibm.wps.portletservice.impersonation.impl.ImpersonationServiceImpl


  4. Save your changes and restart the portal server