Default user in authentification

system · December 4, 2008, 1:54pm

Hi guys !

I try to put the user id in the user field on the authenticaton page. I think it is possible configuring the web.xml like for the default authentication mode (enterprise, ldap, …) put I don’t find where in this file, i have to do modifications for the user.

Sorry for my english and thanksin advance for ur help.

Eric

ericf (BOB member since 2007-07-03)

system · December 8, 2008, 6:29am

Hi Eric,

Try in desktoplaunch/web-inf/web.xml file. Hope it will help you.

Regards,
Raj

Raj_admin (BOB member since 2008-12-04)

system · December 8, 2008, 10:01am

Thanks but what and where is the variable to change in this file ?

Thanks.

Eric

ericf (BOB member since 2007-07-03)

system · December 8, 2008, 10:43am

Open the web.xml file and search for the word “authentication”.
You will find it under tags.
By default, the value is secEnterprise. Modify the value to the desired authentication like secLDAP or secWindowsAD.
Save the file and restart the Tomcat server.

The above is for Infoview. For CMC, do the same in adminlaunch/web-inf/web.xml file.

Regards,
Raj

Raj_admin (BOB member since 2008-12-04)

system · December 8, 2008, 12:21pm

I think he wants to specify a default username rather than authentication method, which I don’t believe is possible using the existing configuration parameters.

cashworth (BOB member since 2005-02-09)

system · December 8, 2008, 12:36pm

Cashworth is right, this value is held in a cookie, not loaded from a config file.

ABILtd (BOB member since 2006-02-08)

system · December 8, 2008, 3:29pm

Yes cashwortth, you have right. It is want i would do so thanks. I will try to find another way to do this.

Eric

ericf (BOB member since 2007-07-03)

system · August 14, 2009, 12:53am

Hi Raj_admin,
I’m looking to restrict the authentication to LDAP only for Infoview
So I opened the web.xml @ webapps\InfoViewApp\WEB-INF
and set the Authentication to secLDAP.
When I open Infoview I’m able to see all the Authentication types(the drop down)
I dont want the drop down to appear. I just want the user and pwd text boxes to appear.

Any other param to set?
Thanks
Meena

meenaj (BOB member since 2005-01-12)

system · August 14, 2009, 6:27am

Hi Meena,

In web.xml, you will find the following tag:

authentication.visible true

The param-value is true. which means the user can change the authentication type.
Set the value to false to disable it.

Regards,
Raj

Raj_admin (BOB member since 2008-12-04)

system · August 14, 2009, 5:29pm

Thanks that works when I try to log on to Infoview.
But if i try to open a report by using the the OpenDocument command all the other authentication types also appear.

http://:/OpenDocument/opendoc/openDocument.jsp?sDocName=Reportname

How do I restrict that to LDAP only

meenaj (BOB member since 2005-01-12)

system · September 10, 2009, 3:37pm

Hi Raj,

Can you provide the full path please? When I go to this path:

E:\Program Files\BusinessObjects Enterprise 11.5\Web Content\Enterprise115\desktoplaunch

there is no web-inf folder.

On searching for ‘web-inf’ I found this path

E:\Program Files\BusinessObjects Enterprise 11.5\Web Services\en\dsws_webservice_boe\data\Assemble\dswsBobjeJava\src\WEB-INF

but the web.xml is totally different from what is described in the post.
Any help !!!
Thanks,

Diamond (BOB member since 2009-08-26)