Auto-Login to Upfront

[LesJ3]

I'm looking for a way to automate login to Upfront (i.e. Single User Login from my current intranet). Any tips on how to do the following:

* Send id/pwd from VBScript or JScript application to Upfront login.cgi
* Parse result and send user to main upfront page in a separate browser window.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[n30er]

2 Options that I can think of are:

1) setup NT Challenge/Reponse on the server (and use OS Signons for users) - this will automatically log them into the Cognos applications

2) pass the user ID and password in the HTTP header to Upfront

Personally I like option 1 - a lot cleaner and not a hack.

 

[LesJ3]

#1 is absolutely the best way to go... I'm not sure if it is politically feasible... we'll see...

Where would I find documentation (or more information) on option #2. I haven't been able to find anything yet, which means that I'm not looking in the right place.

Thanks for the help.

 

[n30er]

Look in the Cognos support site for option 2. If you can't find any let me know and I will see if I can dig it up.