Enable and disabling forms authentication

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:

Steps

  1. Stop the WebSEAL server.

  2. Edit the WebSEAL configuration file. In the [forms] stanza, specify the protocols to support in the network environment. The protocols are shown in the following table.

    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:

  3. Restart the WebSEAL server.

Parent topic: Forms authentication