Server authentication
This mode allows the administrator to handle authentication from within the server's security framework. If a user has already
authenticated to a server through the web browser, then Web Manager can detect the user name accepted by the server. Consult
your server's documentation for controlling web access to the server.
If the user is not authenticated, then Web Manager denies the request. The Host Access Login screen reappears and Login Failed, Try Again message.
If the user is authenticated, Web Manager attempts to match the authenticated user's user name to a login ID and proceed to
the launch page.
If Web Manager cannot match the user name to a login ID, then Web Manager performs implicit configuration and assumes the
user is a member of the default group and proceeds to the launch screen.
If you do not want to allow implicit configuration with server authentication, delete all sessions from the default group
and place all users in other groups. Any user who is implicitly configured receives a blank launch screen.
Implicit configuration can be a very convenient and powerful tool for administrators lucky enough to not have to assign user
specific session overrides such as LU name/Device name. This mechanism allows the administrator to run Web Manager, without
configuring a single user. Use multiple instances of Web Manager for multiple groups.
IP address
This mode instructs Web Manager to detect the IP address of the requesting browser and use it as the login ID. Web Manager
then sets the login password to an empty string "", then attempts to perform the log in. If no matching login ID is found,
then Web Manager denies the request.
Host name
This mode instructs Web Manager to detect the host name of the requesting browser and use it as the login ID. Web Manager
then sets the login password to an empty string "", then attempts to perform the log in. If no matching login ID is found,
then Web Manager denies the request.
CAUTION
The web server supplies the host name to Web Manager. If the server is performing DNS lookups then the name can be a DNS
name of the form
machine.domain.com; however, if it does not perform the lookup then the web server can return the IP address of the requesting browser. It
is also possible that the web server returns the name of an intermediate proxy server. Use this mode with caution.
Short host name
This mode works identically to the host name mode, with the exception that prior to attempting the log in, Web Manager takes
the given host name and substrings it up until the first dot "." character encountered. For example, a host name of machine.domain.com becomes machine. For the reasons outlined in host name above, use this mode with caution.
NetBIOS name
This mode instructs Web Manager to perform a NetBIOS lookup on the requesting machine IP address. This returns the network
neighborhood name of the machine. Web Manager then sets the login password to an empty string "", then attempts to perform
the log in. If no matching login ID is found, then Web Manager denies the request.