Enabling and disabling basic authentication

About this task

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

Basic authentication is enabled by default. To configure basic authentication:

Procedure

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

    For example, to support both protocols:

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