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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories IBM i Access Family
Created by Guest
Created on Jan 12, 2018

RELATED IDEAS

Access Client Solutions - Log on using Windows userId and password

In Client Access we had the possibility to tell it that it should use Windows userId and password
to log on the as/400. This is not possible in Access Client Solutions (ACS). The first time you start
ACS you are prompted for both userId and password. We would like to have the option that ACS uses the
Windows userId and password.

Kerberos is not an option.


Use Case:

Reduce number of users disabled by giving wrong passwords.
We have a lot of them in other systems.


Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Feb 22, 2018

    netrc will be highly illegal according to company regulations !

    Shared credentials are used but it would be elegant to have an application that is run before the first session of ACS is started that could initiate the necessary credentials for ACS.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Feb 7, 2018

    Thank you for submitting your Request For Enhancement. After evaluating your submission, the decision at this time is to not provide this support.

    There are a couple other options available:
    1. To avoid prompting altogether, you can set up a .netrc file in the users home directory (_netrc on Windows) where the system, id and password are specified. The user will need to update the password in this file whenever the password changes.

    2. "Use shared credentials" - This option will prompt the user one time. The system configuration contains a Connection tab. On this tab, you may specify "Use shared credentials". Select that for each system where the uid/pw is the same. Now the user should only be prompted once after logging in to the PC.

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