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Majid Jeddi
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Hi,

From our portal i would like to create a link to the MRE login page and pass the credentials the user had supplied when he authenticate to the portal.
Any idea on how to accomplish?

Thanks in advance

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Francis Mariani
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A URL like this should do it:

http://server-name/ibi_apps/WFServlet?IBIMR_action=MR_SIGNON&IBIMR_user=userid&IBIMR_pass=password


I would build the URL with Javascript to include the User ID and Password that was previously entered.


Francis


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TexasStingray
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You might look at the Security Administratrion Manual. There is also a WebFOCUS Add-on called Open Portal Services that might be of interest.




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Majid Jeddi
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Thanks Francis it works.

Thanks TexasStingray for your suggestion
i will try to experement that also.


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TexasStingray
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Just remember you are exposing your self to network spoofing my passing the user id and password via a url.




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Majid Jeddi
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Hi TexasSting,

Is there a way to delegate the MRE authentication to SITEMINDER.

I wanted the users :
First to authenticate to the portal.
Second authenticate to MRE from a link without entering again the credentials.

Note: we are using siteminder for authentication on our portal.

Regards.


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Yes, MR Security can be set to Trust one of the HTTP Header variables Siteminder sets.

WF Admin Console -> Configuration -> MR Security Settings -> General

Set Authentication to "External" and choose "TRUSTED".

From the options below, select "Use HTTP Header Variable".

Depending on what release of Siteminder you are using the variable changes slightly. It is usually sm-user, but I've seen SMUSER as well.

To be sure which it is, navigate to the following webpage after going through SiteMinder:

http://WFCLIENT:PORT/ibi_apps/wfsysinf.jsp

You should see all the HTTP Header variables presently set to determine which one your SiteMinder instance is using.

When this is done you can just link to Managed Reporting and the login will happen automatically.


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Majid Jeddi
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http://WFCLIENT:PORT/ibi_apps/wfsysinf.jsp


Hi Dlogan,

We can choose either Trusted or External.
Is there someting that i missed?

Regards


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dlogan
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I'm sorry, you need to choose "Trusted".

Somehow I had merged the settings in my mind.

You are correct, they are separate.


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Majid Jeddi
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Hi,

No that i finish the siteminder configuration and i enable the siteminder agent, I tryed to connect to the MRE using:
http://hostname/ibi_html/workbnch/logon.htm.
I got directed to our portal to enter my login and password which are correct. Then i got the following message:

Account Information
Your credentials are not valid for http://hostname/ibi_html/workbnch/logon.htm.
Please contact your Security Administrator or Help Desk.

1/ How can I verify the value of the REMOTE_USER variable?
2/ In administration console I use trusted and select use webserver HTTP variable
3/ I have enable the REMOTE_USER on IIS server.

Any idea to solve this issue will be greatly appreciated.

Regards.



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dlogan
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You can verify the value of REMOTE_USER or any HTTP Header variable by going to the following page:

/ibi_apps/wfsysinf.jsp

If I'm remembering properly Siteminder typically populates sm-user by default and does note populate REMOTE_USER without a setting change.

I do believed what is needed for REMOTE_USER is outlined in the techmemo though.


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Majid Jeddi
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http://server-name/ibi_apps/WFServlet?IBIMR_action=MR_SIGNON&IBIMR_user=userid&IBIMR_pass=password


Thanks to everybody. No everything is working as we want.

Regards.


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