Forms single sign-on example

The following help site sample invokes its own forms-based login. The example shows how a forms single sign-on solution can provide seamless access to the site for its enrolled users.

This section contains:

A form section, similar to the form sent on the HTML login page returned by the help application
The custom forms single signon configuration file used to process this form

The form found in the intercepted HTML page:

<form name="confirm" method="post" action="../files/wcls_hnb_welcomePage2.cgi"> 
<p>
Employee Serial Number:&nbsp; 
<input name="data" size="10" maxlength="6">
<p>
Country Name: 
<select name="Cntselect" size="1">
<OPTION value="notselected" selected>Select Country</OPTION>
<OPTION value=675>United Arab Emirates - IBM</OPTION>
<OPTION value=866>United Kingdom</OPTION>
<OPTION value=897>United States</OPTION>
<OPTION value=869>Uruguay</OPTION>
<OPTION value=871>Venezuela</OPTION>
<OPTION value=852>Vietnam</OPTION>
<OPTION value=707>Yugoslavia</OPTION>
<OPTION value=825>Zimbabwe</OPTION>
</select>
<p>
<input type=submit value=Submit>
</form>

The custom configuration file used to process this form:

helpnow FSSO configuration:

[forms-sso-login-pages]
login-page-stanza = helpnow

[helpnow]
# The HelpNow site redirects you to this page
# you are required to log in.
login-page = /bluebase/bin/files/wcls_hnb_welcomePage1.cgi

# The login form is the first in the page, so we can just call it
# '*'.
login-form-action = *

# The GSO resource, helpnow, contains the employee serial number.
gso-resource = helpnow

# Authentication arguments follow.
argument-stanza = auth-data

[auth-data]
# The 'data' field contains the employee serial number.
data = gso:username

# The Cntselect field contains a number corresponding to the employee's
# country of origin. The string "897" corresponds to the USA.
Cntselect = string:897