Setting up required back office user accounts

This section describes user accounts needed in the back office for portal installation and configuration.

For multi-site implementations, all user accounts must be set up in each site that is to be used by the portals. You must make entries manually for each account, unless tables are shared on the Intranet Shared User Tables form. In that case, entries are made automatically after an account is created in the first site.


Account	Account names	Purpose	Setup notes
Configuration user account	SL_Internal This is an existing back office account.	This account briefly logs in to the back office to validate other user accounts when portal users log in. We recommend using the SL_Internal account for this purpose, so multiple simultaneous logins do not become a problem.	Make sure Super User is selected.
Pre-login user account	PortalPreLogin	This is a pre-login account used to auto-log in to the portal. This allows our custom login page to be displayed for portal users.	On the Users form, create a new user account record. In the User ID field, you must use PortalPreLogin, because this name is embedded in the license document as a multi-session user. Specify a password. This password must be the same in all sites. This account should not be set to Super User. On the Groups tab, no groups should be assigned to this user. On the Additional Info tab, the appropriate site group must be assigned. On the User Modules form, the appropriate license module must be selected.
Portal administrator user account	Example: portal_admin	This account is used to log in to the Portal Manager to configure, personalize, maintain, and customize portal applications.	This account should not be set to Super User. On the Additional Info tab, the appropriate site group must be assigned. On the User Modules form, the appropriate license module must be selected.
Portal data administrator user account	Example: portal_data_admin	This user must be created for accessing these portal data administration pages: When the portal is opened, a portal data administrator can access only the pages described here. Do not use this account for any other purpose.	This account should not be set to Super User. On the Groups tab, the Portal Data Admin group must be selected. No other groups should be added for this user. On the Additional Info tab, the appropriate site group must be assigned. On the User Modules form, the appropriate license module must be selected.