Configuring Smart Client for Windows Authentication

  1. Start Smart Client
  2. Click on the “Sign In” button.
  3. On the “Sign In” form, click on the “Select Server” button.
  4. On the “Select Server” form, enter the URL of the server which is configured to require Windows authentication.
  5. Check the “Use Windows authentication” option.
  6. Click on OK; the “Select Server” form closes.
  7. Click on OK; the “Sign In” form closes.
  8. You will see the Navigator in Smart Client.

Technical Details

The “Select Server” form contains the “Use Windows authentication” option.

This option must be used with Web Central in SSO mode.

The SSO server must be configured to require Windows authentication.

When the user signs in, the Smart Client Web Services negotiates with an SSO server as to which built-in Windows authentication protocol (Kerberos or NTLM) to use. The Smart Client uses the network credentials of the current Windows user.

References

The .NET Developer's Guide to Identity (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480245.aspx)