embed or include username and password in the URL

[Ivan Tan]

Dear Wise man / Woman of FMforums.

How does one include the username and password in the url so when a user

clicks on the link , it will connect them to the password protected database.

Please note that the database is Filemaker 7 Server Advance.

Thanks much.

[Garry Claridge]

Usually you can do something like this:

http://username:password@address/....

However, Microsoft has excluded this type of login from recent versions of IE.

Good Luck.

Garry

[Ivan Tan]

have tried your recommedations however the browser doesn't seem to like it.

Maybe the syntax is wrong or maybe i need to like turn on something.

I am working on getting the username and password authenticated using external server (Active Dir) but no success so far.

Any enlighten ones please help.

[Vaughan]

If you're going to embed the username and password in a link in plain text (where everybody can see it) why not just remove the password and make it easy?

Or make a <no password> account with limited privileges.

[Ivan Tan]

Good idea regarding the no password account that however i need some users to have edit / new access and some users to have just read access.

Removing the password from the database will not allow me to accomplish the authentication bit. If there is another way please let me know.

[jmdornbos]

Ivan...

I'm looking for the identical solution - let me know if you come up with anything. In our case, we are partnering with another business that has the customer log in at their site and once done there, they are delivered to our site. In this case, we'd like them to be delivered right to an IWP database opened to their data, without making them log in again.

I'm headed down the path of having our partner embed their username and password in the url that leads them to our site and am looking for solutions to parse that query_string and stuff it into FileMaker's Account Name: and Password: prompts.

Thanks

Jim

[hfinger]

Have you tried the following?

If you remove <guest> as an account, it will require the user to enter his/her username and password. If using IE, they click on the "Remember password" button, then their username and password will be retained. Works slightly differently on Mac and PC, but roughly same results.

[Ivan Tan]

Hfinger,

No t a bad idea however most users would like to log on without a password for just read access. We also run XP and computers are shared (which means mutiple profiles to remember the password). Still not a viable soln.

Ivan