Re: User Authentication

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,

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 

>>> 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