Forms single sign-on example

The following help site sample invokes its own forms-based login. The example shows how a forms single sign-on solution can provide seamless access to the site for its enrolled users.

This section contains:

• A form section, similar to the form sent on the HTML login page returned by the help application
• The custom forms single signon configuration file used to process this form

The form found in the intercepted HTML page:

<form name="confirm" method="post" action="../files/wcls_hnb_welcomePage2.cgi"> 
<p>
Employee Serial Number:&nbsp; 
<input name="data" size="10" maxlength="6">
<p>
Country Name: 
<select name="Cntselect" size="1">
<OPTION value="notselected" selected>Select Country</OPTION>
<OPTION value=675>United Arab Emirates - IBM</OPTION>
<OPTION value=866>United Kingdom</OPTION>
<OPTION value=897>United States</OPTION>
<OPTION value=869>Uruguay</OPTION>
<OPTION value=871>Venezuela</OPTION>
<OPTION value=852>Vietnam</OPTION>
<OPTION value=707>Yugoslavia</OPTION>
<OPTION value=825>Zimbabwe</OPTION>
</select>
<p>
<input type=submit value=Submit>
</form>

The custom configuration file used to process this form:

helpnow FSSO configuration:

[forms-sso-login-pages]
login-page-stanza = helpnow

[helpnow]
# The HelpNow site redirects us to this page
# we are required to log in.
login-page = /bluebase/bin/files/wcls_hnb_welcomePage1.cgi

# The login form is the first in the page, so we can just call it
# '*'.
login-form-action = *

# The GSO resource, helpnow, contains the employee serial number.
gso-resource = helpnow

# Authentication arguments follow.
argument-stanza = auth-data

[auth-data]
# The 'data' field contains the employee serial number.
data = gso:username

# The Cntselect field contains a number corresponding to the employee's
# country of origin. The string "897" corresponds to the USA.
Cntselect = string:897

Parent topic: Single Sign-on Solutions