Re: User Authentication

One of the "deliverables" related to the CGIDEV2 library is a set of
tools to manage user validation on the system, including simplified
calls to the validation lists APIs and a web interface.

The main site ... http://www.easy400.net/en

The "websecure" tutorial and utilities .. http://www.easy400.net/websec/start

Good luck.

On 8/29/05, Dave Reiher/prairiefarms <DReiher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> For starters, they currently log in to an old web site using an ID we
> assigned to them and it is their account number. I can't use a number as a
> user profile on the 400, can I?
> If I could do that, then I would just create each one of these as a usrprf
> and let that be my validation.
> I would really like to do that and place each report in the users folder,
> but then there are 2000 folders (2000 is a pretty static number), would
> that be an issue on the IFS??
> They are small reports, most are one page. So I don't believe that space
> would be a problem and each user would never have more than 4 reports
> which would always be overwritten each night or week or month.
> 
> Not real sure where I want to go from here.......
> 
>     Dave Reiher
>     System Analyst
>     Prairie Farms Dairy - Corporate
>     Ph: 217.854.2547 ext. 254
>     dreiher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Dave,
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> Perhaps I'm missing something but if you're working with the iSeries,
> why wouldn't you just use the user profiles of the iSeries when they
> logon to the Web front end?   I also assume the reports your application
> is running for them are reports from a query tool or application running
> on the iSeries.   If that is the case, why wouldn't you create an
> authorization table/matrix to query to provide the name of the report to
> display on their web screen as well as authentication.
> 
> Dave Odom
> Arizona
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> >>> DReiher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 8/29/2005 12:21:29 >>>
> I am going to have a web site where users can access reports specific
> to
> them.
> There are anywhere from 1500 to 2000 users. How would be the
> recommended
> way to store the usernames and passwords on the partition i have
> running
> WebSphere?
> Currently they exist in an external DB file on the 400, should I just
> write something to hit that file when they try to login?
> 
> Regardless of the answer to this, it will lead me to my next question.
> I
> am really just going to need a simple login page and then a page
> displaying links to the 4 different reports specific to the user. I
> know
> it is nothing elaborate, but where could I find some resources on how
> to
> do this? Believe me, if it were MS .NET I could slap it together in 30
> 
> seconds, but I am new to the WS ide and java, any help would be
> appreciated.
> 
> Thanks!
>     Dave Reiher
>     System Analyst
>     Prairie Farms Dairy - Corporate
>     Ph: 217.854.2547 ext. 254
>     dreiher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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