HPWe Delivery 151 Alternate method for passing user name and password in URL

HP Web Delivery 1
Technical Note
Configuring HP Web Delivery 1.5.1 to
Use an Alternate Method for Passing the
User Name and Password in a URL
This technical note describes how to configure HP Web Delivery 1.5.1 to use an alternate method for accepting and
passing an HP Web Delivery user name and password in a URL.
Background
With the installation of Microsoft security patch Q832894 for Internet Explorer 5.x and 6.x, Internet Explorer does
not support the following method of authenticating HP Web Delivery access by passing the user name and password
in the URL:
http://<username>:<password>@<host>:<port>/<script>/<infobox>
For more information about this security patch, see Microsoft’s Security Bulletin MS04-004, Cumulative Security
Update for Internet Explorer (832894).
Service Pack 04.4 and later versions contain an enhancement that enable you to configure HP Web Delivery 1.5.1 to
use an alternate method for passing and accepting the HP Web Delivery user name and password in the URL. This
enhancement is available for all operating systems on which HP Web Delivery is supported.
Using the MWAUTOAUTH configuration parameter
Service Pack 04.4 and later versions include the configuration attribute MWAUTOAUTH for HP Web Delivery 1.5.1.
By default, this attribute is not included in the configuration file and is not set. To configure HP Web Delivery to use
an alternate method for passing the user name and password in a URL, add and configure the MWAUTOAUTH
attribute to the configuration file by using the mwcfgput command.
Valid values for MWAUTOAUTH are yes, on, true, and 1 (to enable HP Web Delivery to use the alternate
method) and no, off, false, and 0. When the attribute is set to off, HP Web Delivery will not accept any user
credentials in the URL. If user credentials are present, the user credentials will not be removed from the URL when
HP Web Delivery sends the response. You must restart the HP Web Delivery servers after setting this attribute for the
change to take effect.