Enabling and disabling forms authentication

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About this task

The forms-auth stanza entry, located in the [forms] stanza of the WebSEAL configuration file, enables and disables the forms authentication method.

Forms authentication is disabled by default. To configure forms authentication:

Procedure

  1. Stop the WebSEAL server.
  2. Edit the WebSEAL configuration file. In the [forms] stanza, specify the protocols to support in your network environment.
    The protocols are shown in the following table.
    Table 1. Configuring forms authentication
    Protocol to Support Configuration File Entry
    HTTP 
    forms-auth = http
    HTTPS 
    forms-auth = https
    Both HTTP and HTTPS 
    forms-auth = both
    Disable forms authentication (default) 
    forms-auth = none

    For example, to support both protocols:

    [forms]
forms-auth = both
  3. Restart the WebSEAL server.