Automatic Web Login

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<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>

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theme	Eclipse
linenumbers	true

http://username:password@serverhost/

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<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

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.

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