Setting up session-based name-and-password authentication

Setting up session-based name-and-password authentication is a multi-step process.

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To set up single-server session-based name-and-password authentication for Web clients, you must complete three procedures.

Create a Web site document and enable it for session-based name-and-password authentication, or edit the Server document to require session authentication for Web clients.
Create a Person document for each user in the Domino® Directory on the Domino® server and assign an Internet password to each user. It should be noted that users can be located instead in an external LDAP directory that is accessible to Domino® through Directory Assistance.
Edit the database ACLs to give users access.

From the Domino® Administrator, click Configuration > Web > Internet Sites.
In the Internet Sites view, select the Web Site document for which you want to enable session authentication.

In the Web Site document, click Domino Web Engine and complete these fields.

Table 1. HTTP Sessions fields
Field	Action
Session authentication	Select single server. This is disabled by default.
Idle session timeout	Enter a default time period to log an inactive Web client off the server. Default is 30 minutes.
Maximum active sessions	Enter the maximum number of user sessions allowed on the server at the same time. Default is 1000.

Click Security, and enable name-and-password authentication for the TCP and for SSL (if using SSL).
Save the document.

From the Domino® Administrator, click Configuration, and open the Server document.
Click Internet Protocols > Domino Web Engine.

Complete these fields:

Table 2. Domino® Web Engine fields
Field	Action
Session authentication	Select single server. This is disabled by default.
Idle session timeout	A default time period to log an inactive Web client off the server. Default is 30 minutes.
Maximum active sessions	The maximum number of user sessions allowed on the server at the same time. Default is 1000.

Click Ports > Internet Ports > Web, and enable name-and-password authentication for the TCP/IP port and for the SSL port (if using SSL).
Save and close the Server document.

In the Domino® Directory, create a Person document for each Web user who needs to access the server. (You can also edit the Person document of an existing user.)

In each Person document, complete these fields, and then save the document:

Table 3. Person document fields
Field	Action
First name, Middle initial, Last name	Enter the user's first name, middle initial, and last name. The user's last name is required.
User name	(Required) Enter the user's full name. This is the name the user enters when trying to access a server. This field can contain multiple names. As Domino® uses the first name in this field to validate a user in database ACLs, design access lists, groups, and File Protection documents, the first name in this field should be the user's Domino® distinguished name (DN). The second name should be the common name (CN) portion of the DN. For example, this field can contain these names: Alan Jones/Sales/Renovations Alan Jones Al Jones AJ When prompted for his name and password, the user can enter Al Jones as his name. However, Domino® uses Alan Jones/Sales/Renovations to validate him in database ACLs and design access lists. Therefore, the name Alan Jones must be the one that appears in ACLs and design access lists. Note: You should always use the user's hierarchical name -- for example, Alan Jones/Renovations/US -- to help eliminate ambiguous or duplicate user names.
Internet password	(Required) Specify the user's Internet password.

After you edit the Server document and create Person documents, edit the database ACL of each database to which you want to give users access.