<h4>Background</h4> <p>All of the scripts and web pages that TIM Enterprise provides are protected by a login (username and password) that is provided by the user through their web browser.</p> <p>Sometimes it is desirable to allow automatic access to a particular web page using a pre-supplied username and password. An example might be the deployment of a stand-alone computer displaying a pre-defined wallboard on a large screen; It can become tedious having to log in every time that computer is switched on.</p> <p>Different web browsers behave differently for automatic logging-in to web pages. Variously, they range from complete prohibition of the practise, to permitting it if certain system parameters are configured.</p> <h4>Specifics</h4> <p>In this article, details of how to allow automatic logging-in to a web page concerns the Microsoft Internet Explorer (version 6 and above) browsers only. Please consult your browser documentation for a solution related to your own choice of browser.</p> <p>The solution involves creating a specially-crafted URL in the following form:-</p> |
http://username:password@serverhost/ |
<h4>Solution</h4> <p>Although including the username and password in a URL is disabled by default on Windows Internet Explorer since it is considered a security risk, you can override this restriction by making the following changes to the Windows Registry.</p> |
WARNING! Since you'll be exposing a username and password as part of a URL, it is recommended that you create a dedicated web user object inside the TIM Enterprise directory that will be used solely for this purpose. See Adding/Removing Web Users for details of how to set up a web user. |