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User-Group Authentication
Figure 9 Authentication Window
266 Getting Results with Novell Web Services
You can require users to authenticate themselves before getting access to your
Web site. Authentication means that users verify their identity either by
entering a username and password or by using a client certificate installed in
their Web browser. The first method of requiring the username and password
is the traditional method, which can be done with or without encryption. The
second method of using client certificates is the SSL method, which must be
done with encryption on. Refer to the
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Username and Password Authentication
If you require users to enter a username and password to get access to your
Web site, you store the list of users and groups in an LDAP database, which
can be either a file stored on the Web server computer or an LDAP server on
a remote computer, for example, Novell Directory Services (NDS) using
LDAP or by using NDS directly.
When users attempt to access a file or directory that has User-Group
authentication, the Web browser displays a dialog box asking the user to enter
a username and password. The server can get this information encrypted or
not, depending on whether encryption is turned on for your server.
After entering the username and password, users either see the requested file
or directory listing, or a message denying them access. This following figure
shows the authentication window.
Novell Documentation Web site (http:/
for more information on encryption.