Authenticating users in Linux

[pgr]

Hi,

I'm running Wingate requiring user authentication. In Windows my users login using that little executable that shows on the server as a Java login.

I now have a user that runs only Linux on his laptop. Is there any way for him to authenticate in Wingate?

thanks!

[logan]

If you mean the Java login client, I imagine that should work on linux if Java is installed. Is he having a problem with it?

[pgr]

If you mean the Java login client, I imagine that should work on linux if Java is installed. Is he having a problem with it?

He hasn't tried anything, because I don't what he should try... :-)

On Windows, we use QbikAuth.exe, I don't suppose this same executable can run on Linux, can it?

Or is there some cross-platform, browser-based Java login? How can I get it to work?

Thanks!

[adrien]

Hi

The Java login should work. You need to enable the java login in the WWW proxy, and make the WWW proxy policy require authentication.

Alternatively you can use in-built HTTP Basic authentication (I don't know if a linux client will support NTLM - maybe if SAMBA installed?). In case of using HTTP basic auth, the policies need to be relaxed a bit - to "user may be assumed"

Regards

Adrien

[pgr]

Thanks, I got it to work now.

I thought that Java authentication meant using the QbikAuth.exe program... I had never seen that browser-based login.

This was under Ubuntu Linux, using Firefox. I had to install the Java runtime to get it to work, of course.

Thanks for your help!