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Using shared accounts for "guest" users

Normally, users have their own person objects and person objects are not shared between users. However, you may want to allow more than one user to log in using the same username and password, for example to share an account for "guest" users.

You can only share accounts if you are using one or more login authorities that use an ENS person object as the login profile.

Note Anonymous users are always treated as using a shared account.

To share a person object in this way:

1. In Object Manager, create the person object that will be shared.
2. Check the box next to Shared Between Users (Guest).

Guest users are never prompted for application server passwords. This means guest users can't add or change password cache entries. Use the tarantella passcache command to manage application server passwords for guest users.

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