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Is there a way in web focus so that i could validate a user (basically looking for Windows NT authentication).And also i need to provide menu access based on the looged in user. Any pointers please. I have Webfocus 5.2.3.version.
If your WebFOCUS Reporting Server is running with security on, You can prompt the user for an ID (IBIC_user) and a password (IBIC_pass) and have a hidden variable call IBIWF_action with the value of WF_SIGNON this will authenticate the ID & PASS word to WebFOCUS Reporting Server and then Create Session level cookies and pass those cookies to each subsequent call to the reporting server. In your focexec you can call the function GETUSER to get the ID of the in individual that is running the FOCEXEC.
-SET &&USERID = GETUSER('A32'); -TYPE &&USER
look at /ibi_html/wfsignon.html it is a good example of how to do this try it with a bad password and then a good password.
That's correct. The WFSignon page will do the authentication. As far as the menus go, you're on your own with a self service application. You might want to look into purchasing UAS. It's seat-based licensing but it has the menu trees built into dashboard and when you consider how much it will cost to build it yourself, it may be worth it.
I tried using the WFSignon page. When i tried to run this it is throwing an error saying " WebFocus was called with an invalid request" Error message : No valid cgi request to process.
I'm trying to do the same thing Vany was trying to do (Authenticate against NT logins). I have the user id portion working, but is it possible to pull the password? We've had a very interesting discussion around the office, and we're bringing it to you guys to settle.
If it is possible we would like to know how.
Thanks for all your help.
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