Accessing an application in XPages with Lotus connections using the same authentication - authentication

I'm trying to access an e-mail by lotus connections through a link to the iNotes, but when I click on the link is redirected to the login page of iNotes and does not take the same authentication at the lotus connections. How do I prevent this? There is also a solution if, instead I use iNotes, I use an XPages application that requires authentication?

This is a server administration issue.
You will need to make sure that you have Single SignOn setup across both the Domino server and the IBM Connections server. Once the LTPA keys have been exported from IBM Connections and then imported into Domino and both server are in the same domain then authentication is automatic.
When the user is logged into Connections and clicks a link that brings them to the Domino server the LTPA SSO will kick in and automatically authenticate them and vice-versa.

In addition to what Declan writes he is some information if you want to use SSO between server side XPages code and IBM Connections: http://www.openntf.org/blogs/openntf.nsf/d6plinks/NHEF-8TY9EV

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WebSeal authentication how to get started

I am working on implementing WebSeal single sign-on so that the user does not have to enter credentials for a particular web application if the user is already logged in via Windows authentication. Can anyone please point me in the right direction. I am new to Web Seal
WebSEAL has something called junctions. You can create webseal junctions and configure it to application webservers. Suppose if your SSO solution involves 3 applications, three webseal junctions has to be created. Webseal will act as reverse proxy in this case. So when a user trying to access anyone of the application, He will be challenged with a login screen from webseal. User will be authenticated against LDAP(u need to map your ldap in webseal) and his session will be maintained at webseal.Once authenticated user information will be sent to application servers via junction in HTTP headers. Now when user access other two application, he will not be challenged with authentication. His information will be sent to application servers directly via headers as webseal maintains his session.
For more info:
https://publib.boulder.ibm.com/tividd/td/ITAME/SC32-1359-00/en_US/HTML/am51_webseal_guide16.htm
WebSEAL supports Windows single sign on using SPNEGO protocol & Kerberos Authentication. Read this link for configuration steps:-
https://publib.boulder.ibm.com/tividd/td/ITAME/SC32-1359-00/en_US/HTML/am51_webseal_guide78.htm#sso-windows-desktop

Login page is skipped in Lotus Notes

I work in a web based application in Lotus Notes. Suddenly, the login page is skipped and it is directly going to functionality. What may be the reason? Is it a settings issue?
Two possible reasons:
You have granted the "Anonymous" user access to the application.
Verify the ACL of the database.
You have some sort of SSO solution in
your company that logs you in automatically. (LTPA token on the IBM
WebSphere plugin for IIS, for example).
I assume you are testing your application on an actual Domino server, and are not using the "preview" function of Domino Designer.

SSO from Share Point application to the IBM Lotus Domino server

I need to use the .Net token (or FedAuth cookie) to get in Domino credential from Active directory
The same need is describe in:
Lotus Notes and c# SSO.
Internet users are loged in a Share Point application and have to open a form in Domino.
My Domino Server is configured Assistant Directory, the users are managed in Active Directory and not in names.nsf. This works good. I can make a POST to log automatically a user of the AD.
But Share Point don't have the user password! Ideally it would be cool to POST the cookie... or run an agent that will inquire in back end the Active directory with the cookie to verify it. Is there a way to do this?
My Domino is 8.53 so I can't use SAML (if someone did this with Domino 9.0 I will be pleased to know :-).
There is a SSO using SPNEGO which can be setup on windows-based Domino servers.
More information about it can be found in the Domino Administration help (steps are very well documentd) and here:
Wiki: Deploying Windows single sign-on for Web clients (SPNEGO) in an existing Domino environment
Basically the steps to enable this are (details in notes admin help and the linked document):
Set an SPN on your windows server (to allow this server to pass Kerberos tickets to the AD)
Enable SSO on the Internet Site / Server doc
In the SSO Configuration: add all servers you will need SSO and enable windows-based SSO
Add a name mapping to your Person docs (Kerberos Principal Name Field) and set notes.ini entry WIDE_SEARCH_FOR_KERBEROS_NAMES=1 on your domino server to include this field in the namelookup
Configure browser: IE: trusted sites (add your host names), Firefox: add domino host to network.negotiate-auth.trusted-uris
Hope that helps - Michael
You could generate your own Domino Ltpa token (cookie) from sharepoint upon login. So long as the domains are set up ok, the browser should pass this to the Domino server and automatically log them in.
Feel free to contact me directly if you need specific help.

Desktop applications and authentication... Is there a list of authentication options?

Several sites, including this one, are using OpenID to authenticate their users. And of course, OpenID is a good solution to manage user accounts, simply by linking them to their OpenID account.
But are there similar solutions that could be used for desktop applications? I know there's CardSpace, where you create a custom ID card to contain your identity and optionally protect it with a pincode. But are there more alternatives for authentications on a desktop system or on systems within a local intranet environment?
And yes, I can write my own system where I keep a list of usernames and (hashed) passwords and then build my own login system but I just hate to invent my own wheel, especially when I need to keep it secure.
I would recommend that you look into the option of building an STS (using WIF, aka Geneva) and use (active) WS-federation in your windows app. Or if you can wait that long, just use Geneva Server when that is released.
We have a solution that works more or less like this:
Desktop tool prompts the user for ID/password
Desktop tool sends the ID/password over an encrypted (SSL) channel to the server.
Server initiates an HTTP request to a known URL of a login form and inputs the username and password as if they were form fields.
If the HTTP server responds appropriately, the server accepts the client as authenticated.
The target of that HTTP request should be tied to whatever single sign-on system that you use for the web application environment. In our case it happens not to be OpenID but it could be.

Logging into Peoplesoft App-Designer in 2 Tier using LDAP authentication

I have a database with LDAP login enabled. It works fine when logging in through the PIA or when logging into app-designer through the application server.
I need to make app-designer allow me to login with 2-tier mode using LDAP authentication. Is this possible without customization?
I do not think this is possible. 2-tier logs directly into the database and more importantly, does not run the signon peoplecode that does call-outs for LDAP authentication. In fact, 2-tier is really just a Win32 app that runs no peoplecode - it isn't a peoplesoft "application." There is a user callout dll delivered with peoplesoft, and some scant documents on what you have to do to use it - but again, likely not going to meet your need. You may need to use the ldap synch online app engine job to pull in your ldap users to security tables if you want to use those login identities for 2-tier access.
The only delivered way to use LDAP Authentication for App Designer is to use connection 3-Tier through the app server. Only with the 3-Tier connection will the Signon PeopleCode be executed. With 2-Tier, there is no hook to the LDAP Server.
You could look at using the Grey Sparling Desktop Single Signon, which does integrate with App Designer and uses Windows and NTLM to grab Active Directory authentication. This would give you some degree of LDAP Authentication if you Windows machine authenticates with a domain. But it is an add-on product you would need to purchase.
Otherwise, as Epictetus mentioned, you can use the LDAP Username if you have it synced with your PeopleSoft database and use the local password stored in PSOPRDEFN.
One problem I have seen is that when using LDAP and 2 tier when you login with LDAP it somehow decrypts the password in PSOPRDEFN. The next login 2 tier by that same account throws the error cannot login please encrypt password using data movoer encrypt password *. If you encrypt that users password the same results happen following that users next LDAP login.