17 Protecting Your Content

Oracle Portal uses privileges to control access to portal objects, such as pages, tabs, items, templates, and styles. Administrators can delegate the assignment of privileges to other users and groups. Privilege assignments enable users and groups to access, personalize, or modify the object. Administrators can also grant global privileges on all objects of a given type.

This chapter contains information on how to use privileges to control who may view and interact with objects in your portal. It includes the following sections:

• Section 17.1, "Page and Object Security in Oracle Portal"

• Section 17.2, "Delegating the Task of Assigning Privileges"

• Section 17.3, "Granting Global Privileges"

• Section 17.4, "Securing Page Groups"

• Section 17.5, "Securing Pages"

• Section 17.6, "Securing Tabs"

• Section 17.7, "Securing Portlets"

• Section 17.8, "Locking Regions"

• Section 17.9, "Securing Items"

• Section 17.10, "Granting Privileges on Styles"

• Section 17.11, "Granting Privileges on Portal Templates"

• Section 17.12, "Granting Content Attribution Privileges"

• Section 17.13, "Troubleshooting Page and Object Security Issues"

Intended Audience

This chapter is intended for users who want to understand how security operates within Oracle Portal. The privilege required to perform the actions discussed in this chapter vary according to the type of action. Each section provides information about required privileges. For more information about privileges, see Appendix B, "Page Group Object Privileges".