What is Member Subsystem in Websphere commerce suit?

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The Member subsystem in WCS  contains the data for participants of the WCS system.A member can be 

•  user, 
•  group of users (also known as a member group), 
•  organizational entity 

The business services provided by Member Subsystem are

• member registration :
• profile management 
• access control, 
• authentication 
• session management.

• Basic Working of Member Subsystem

The Member subsystem assigned roles depending on the activities in which users and organizations choose to participate. Assignment of roles is the responsibility of an administrator, known as Site Administrator. Once a member is assigned a role, access control component authorizes the member to participate in activities associated with the role. For example, an organization can be a buyer or a seller, or both. A user can also be assigned multiple roles.

• Member Registration

Registration data of users and organizational entities is stored in the WebSphere Commerce database or the directory server. Member groups data can be stored only in the WebSphere Commercedatabase. A registered user has a unique identifier and a password. If the WebSphere Commercedatabase is used as registry, the unique identifier is the logon ID. If the directory server is used, the unique identifier can be a DN or a relative distinguished name. For an organizational entity, only an administrator can create a new registration profile and approval is not required.

• Profile management. 

The site administrator is the key component for Profile Management.The  Site Administrator in WCS manages user and organizational entity profiles and data. It contains  organizations or organizational units, roles, users, and member groups within a site. There is Buyer Administrator and Seller Administrator and they manage users and organizational entities.

• Access control . 

Access control governs what tasks users can perform on  resources.In WCS there is an an access group which is a group of members defined specifically for access control purposes. In WCS Access groups typically group users based on their roles, organizations, and registration status. A Site Administrator creates, maintains, and deletes access groups for a site. A Buyer Administrator or a Seller Administrator can also manage access groups for access control policies. 

• Security

 In Webspehere commerce suit a user can be authenticated against a WebSphere Commerce database or a directory server. WebSphere Commerce supports two challenge types: logon ID and password, and X.509 client certificate. When logon ID and password is used, a user is authenticated against the WebSphere Commerce database or a directory server. When X.509 client certificate is used, the Web server performs the authentication.

Different type of users in WCS.

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