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MMcDonald
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I want to put a shortcut on a user's desktop that will allow them to run a html or focexec without having to login.
is there a way to do this?
thanks

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8.0.9, Windows
excel / pdf
 
Posts: 89 | Registered: October 21, 2010Report This Post
GamP
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Depends a bit on where the login takes place. If it is a 'standard' login from the webfocus mre for instance, then you can provide the username / password in the url (IBIC_user / IBIC_password or something like that). You may also be able to do this when it is an application controlled username / password, but that depends on the application that has been created. If it is a browser login then I'm not sure. In IE it used to be possible to add username/password in fromt of the http address, but I don't really know if that still is supported by MS. Don't know about other browsers.


GamP
- Using AS 8.2.01 on Windows 10 - IE11.
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ABT
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GamP's suggestions also require a hardcoding of the userid/password in the URL. Be aware that that might be a big security hole in your infrastructure.

Also, I can see the day where this URL gets "shared" to others. I'm personally against this, but I am not sitting in your seat talking to your customers. <ASIDE> A request like this could only come from a VP or above</ASIDE>

- ABT


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MMcDonald
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Yes it is a standard login/password for all user...so I could embed the id and password with no security issues since this is not sensative informationm.
Can you please send me a sample of what the url should look like...?
Thanks


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Depends on how your security is set up in WebFOCUS. It also depends on self-serve or MRE. You might want to have your procedure self serve. Or if MRE, available to the "public" dashboard.
We have our security set up with the default standard userids set up in the WebFOCUS Client and dashboard. There are no logins required.
Also our other security coordinates with LDAP via the client callable exit, if the default password is not able to access the data.
There are quite a few options in setting up your environment to meet your security needs.


(Prod: WebFOCUS 7.7.03: Win 2008 & AIX hub/Servlet Mode; sub: AS/400 JDE; mostly Self Serve; DBs: Oracle, JDE, SQLServer; various output formats)
 
Posts: 391 | Location: California | Registered: April 14, 2003Report This Post
GamP
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In your case I would follow N.Selph's suggestion of specifying the userid/password in the WebFOCUS client. You can easily do this using the webfocus admin console. Once that is done you won't need to login to webfocus any more.
You can set that up for self-service as well as for MRE logon. Check out the Webfocus security and administration guide, it's all in there.


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