Preface

Sun Java^TM System Access Manager is a component of the Sun Java Enterprise System (Java ES), a set of software components that provide services needed to support enterprise applications distributed across a network or Internet environment. The Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 Technical Overview describes Access Manager features, explains what Access Manager does, and explains how Access Manager works.

Before You Read This Book

This book is intended for use by IT administrators and software developers who implement a web access platform using Sun Java System servers and software. Readers of this guide should be familiar with the following concepts and technologies:

• Deployment platform: Solaris^TM or Linux operating system

• Web container that will run Access Manager: Sun Java System Application Server, Sun Java System Web Server, BEA WebLogic, or IBM WebSphere Application Server

• Technical concepts: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), Java^TM technology, JavaServer Pages^TM (JSP) technology, HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), HyperText Markup Language (HTML), and eXtensible Markup Language (XML)

Related Books

Related documentation is available as follows:

• Access Manager Core Documentation

• Sun Java Enterprise System Product Documentation

Access Manager Core Documentation

The Access Manager core documentation set contains the following titles:

• The Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 Release Notes will be available online after the product is released. It gathers an assortment of last-minute information, including a description of what is new in this current release, known problems and limitations, installation notes, and how to report issues with the software or the documentation.

• The Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 Technical Overview (this guide) provides an overview of how Access Manager components work together to consolidate access control functions, and to protect enterprise assets and web-based applications. It also explains basic Access Manager concepts and terminology.

• The Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 Deployment Planning Guide provides planning and deployment solutions for Sun Java^TM System Access Manager based on the solution life cycle

• The Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 Performance Tuning Guide provides information on how to tune Access Manager and its related components for optimal performance.

• The Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 Administration Guide describes how to use the Access Manager console as well as manage user and service data via the command line interface.

• The Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 Federation and SAML Administration Guide provides information about the Federation module based on the Liberty Alliance Project specifications. It includes information on the integrated services based on these specifications, instructions for enabling a Liberty-based environment, and summaries of the application programming interface (API) for extending the framework.

• The Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 Developer’s Guide offers information on how to customize Access Manager and integrate its functionality into an organization’s current technical infrastructure. It also contains details about the programmatic aspects of the product and its API.

• The Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 C API Reference provides summaries of data types, structures, and functions that make up the public Access Manager C APIs.

• The Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 Java API Reference provides information about the implementation of Java packages in Access Manager.

• The Sun Java System Access Manager Policy Agent 2.2 User’s Guide provides an overview of the policy functionality and the policy agents available for Access Manager.

Updates to the Release Notes and links to modifications of the core documentation can be found on the Access Manager page at the Sun Java Enterprise System documentation web site. Updated documents will be marked with a revision date.

Sun Java Enterprise System Product Documentation

Useful information can be found in the documentation for the following products:

• Directory Server

• Web Server

• Application Server

• Web Proxy Server

Related Third-Party Web Site References

Third-party URLs are referenced in this document and provide additional, related information.

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Documentation, Support, and Training

Sun Function	URL	Description
Documentation	http://www.sun.com/documentation/	Download PDF and HTML documents, and order printed documents
Support and Training	http://www.sun.com/training/	Obtain technical support, download patches, and learn about Sun courses

Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes that are used in this book.

Table P–1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
AaBbCc123	The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output	Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% you have mail.
AaBbCc123	What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output	machine_name% su Password:
aabbcc123	Placeholder: replace with a real name or value	The command to remove a file is rm filename.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. Perform a patch analysis. Do not save the file. [Note that some emphasized items appear bold online.]

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P–2 Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell prompt	machine_name%
C shell superuser prompt	machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt	$
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt	#

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