http://www.usefulutilities.com/basic/

HI Chris


when trying to access   http://www.usefulutilities.com/basic/
to find out about  "HTTP Basic" authentication, as you suggested in this email, i get

You don't have permission to access /basic/index.html on this server.
Is this page still available?

thanks

lorraine


At 01:16 PM 10/09/2005, you wrote:

EZproxy is designed to work best with IP authentication.  The following describes a new facility in EZproxy to script username/password information to access databases.  Please be aware that this format
prevents the easy creation of inward linking from ERMS systems such as Serials Solutions, since the link to JAMA is not used for access.

Question #1:  ls this config stanza correctly composed?

T  JAMA
U http://jama.ama-assn.org
V username:password   (I realize I have to put our specific username and
password)
HJ jama.ama-assn.org
DJ jama.ama-assn.org

This is not correct and won't work.  The Validate (V) lines only work when a database vendor uses "HTTP Basic" authentication.  To see the form of user authentication I am mentioning, browse to:

         http://www.usefulutilities.com/basic/

You will see a username/password pop up, but this is something defined at the browser level.  Some database vendor use a pop up web page that looks similar, so it can be confusing to distinguish these if you aren't accustomed to looking at the different forms of authentication.

The JAMA login is based on a web form that they created.  When a vendor has their own form, where you clearly see a nice, formatted web page asking for information, Validate (V) will not do anything.

Question #2:  Can I create a config stanza with 3 V lines, each with a
different username and password?  Is EZ-Proxy smart enough to keep track of
what username is currently in use?

EZproxy is geared primarily at IP authentication.  It has limited ability to support username/password authentication, but does not have any ability to track which passwords have been issued.

EZproxy 3.4 has a new feature that allows you to dissect vendor login forms and create "database definitions" for access.  Without an actual username/password, I can't test the following, but

Title JAMA
URL -form=post jama https://publogin.ama-assn.org/cgi/login
FormVariable normal_login=yes
FormVariable redirect_path=
FormVariable redirect_query=
FormVariable uri=http://jama.ama-assn.org/
FormVariable username=(someusername)
FormVariable signin=Sign In
FormVariable code=(somepassword)


In the example, you need to replace (someusername) with your username and (somepassword) with your password.  In the URL line, the "jama" that appears between "-form=post" and https://... is a reference to this definition that you use to construct the starting point URL, which in this case would look like:

         http://ezproxy.yourlib.org:2048/login/jama

You can create 3 such entries, and perhaps name them jama1, jama2, and jama3, with the three separate entries.

Chris

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Useful Utilities < http://www.usefulutilities.com>

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Lorraine Falconer
Electronic Access Librarian
University of Sydney Library
NSW 2006
Australia
Tel. 612 9351 3416
Fax. 612 9351 3689
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