Disabling step-up authentication, the Remember me cookie, or both on Windows

You can disable the step-up authentication task and/or the Remember me cookie task to remove the features from your system.

Complete the following steps to disable step-up authentication and/or the Remember me cookie:
  1. Choose one of the following configuration options:
    Table 1. Disabling step-up authentication and the Remember me cookie configuration options
    Option Steps
    Disable both step-up authentication and the Remember me cookie Complete the following steps to disable step-up authentication and the Remember me cookie:
    1. Use a text editor to open the wkplc.properties file, located in the wp_profile_root\ConfigEngine\properties directory.
    2. Set disable_rememberme to true in the StepUp Authentication section.
      Note: Add the disable_rememberme property to the StepUp Authentication section if it is not available in wkplc.properties.
    3. Save your changes to the wkplc.properties file.
    4. Run the ConfigEngine.bat disable-stepup-authentication -DWasUserid=wasuser -DWasPassword=password task from the wp_profile_root\ConfigEngine directory.
    Disable only step-up authentication Complete the following steps to disable only step-up authentication:
    1. Use a text editor to open the wkplc.properties file, located in the wp_profile_root\ConfigEngine\properties directory.
    2. Set disable_rememberme to false in the StepUp Authentication section.
      Note: Add the disable_rememberme property to the StepUp Authentication section if it is not available in wkplc.properties.
    3. Save your changes to the wkplc.properties file.
    4. Run the ConfigEngine.bat disable-stepup-authentication -DWasUserid=wasuser -DWasPassword=password task from the wp_profile_root\ConfigEngine directory.
    Disable only the Remember me cookie Run the ConfigEngine.bat disable-rememberme -DWasUserid=wasuser -DWasPassword=password task from the wp_profile_root\ConfigEngine directory.
  2. Check the output for any error messages before proceeding with any additional tasks. If any of the configuration tasks fail, verify the values in the wkplc.properties file.
  3. Stop and restart the appropriate servers to propagate the changes. For specific instructions, see Starting and stopping servers, deployment managers, and node agents.
Parent topic: Windows: Enabling step-up authentication, the Remember me cookie, or both