Login

There are several ways a user can login to the system. One possibility is the manual login by username and password. To do this, the URL A Uniform Resource Locator, colloquially termed a web address, is a reference to a web resource that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it. A URL is a specific type of Uniform Resource Identifier, although many people use the two terms interchangeably. to the 446 Plattform^® system is called in a browser (for example, https://servicedesk.companyname.com/):

If multiple languages are activated in the system, a language selection is available before logging in. For authentication a login name and the corresponding password are required. The login will be effected by a click on the button Login or by pressing ENTER.

If Single sign-on It is (SSO) a property of access control of multiple related, but independent software systems. With this property, a user logs in with a single ID and password to gain access to a connected system or systems without using different usernames or passwords, or in some configurations seamlessly sign on at each system. is active on the system and the user currently logged in to the PC is not imported in the 446 Plattform^® (e.g. from the LDAP The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is an open, vendor-neutral, industry standard application protocol for accessing and maintaining distributed directory information services over an Internet Protocol (IP) network.), a small Windows dialog appears after calling up the URL mentioned above, after a domain and user name and the Password asks. The escape key can be used to close the window and login manually. Alternatively, the username-password combination of an imported user is possible as login.

If the user has already been imported, his Windows credentials will be transferred directly to the 446 Plattform^®. With this data, without even something has to be entered, it is now automatically logged.

For instance a SAML The Security Assertion Markup Language (in short SAML) is a xml framework for sharing authentication and authorization information. It offers procedures to describe and transfer security-related information. or OAuth OAuth 2.0 (Open Authorization) is an open protocol that allows standardized, secure API authorization for desktop, web and mobile applications. An end user can use this protocol to allow an application to access (authorize) its data provided by another service (resource server) without disclosing secret details of its access authorization (authentication) to the client. The end user can thus instruct third parties to consume a service on his behalf. Typically, the transmission of passwords to third parties is avoided. [Wikipedia] authentication has to be registered as external login in the system. The article External login accounts contains more information concerning the installation of such a login. In addition the login for the SAML authentication has to be allowed for the user or the group (see also The Group Detail Dialog). The following illustration shows the login screen with a configured SAML login and without automatic sign in enabled:

 

 

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