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View Manager Administration Guide
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Configuring a Standard or Replica Server
Asecurityserverthathasbeenconfiguredtousesmartcardauthenticationwill
automaticallyrequiretheusertoauthenticateusingtheircardandPINduringlogin.
Standardandreplicaserverscanbeconfiguredtoaccommodateseveraldifferentsmart
cardauthenticationscenarios.
To set the smart card authentication setting on a standard or replica server
1FromwithintheViewAdministrator,clicktheConfigurationbutton.
2Under
ViewServersselectaViewConnectionServerentryandclickEdit.
3FromtheSmartcardauthenticationdropdownmenu,selectoneofthefollowing:
Notallowed—Smartcardauthenticationisdisabled.
Optional—Usersmayusesmartcardsauthenticationtoconnect,butpassword
authenticationisalsoper mitte d.Failuretoauthenticateusingasmart card
authenticationwillrequirethatpasswordauthenticationisusedinstead.
Required—Usersmayonlyconnectusingsmartcardauthentication.
4ClickOK.
Configuring User Profiles
Auserprincipalname(UPN)isanaccountnameandadomainnameidentifyingthe
domaininwhichtheuseraccountislocated.Forausertoconnectusingsmartcard
authentication,theiruseraccountintheActiveDirectorymusthaveavalidUPN
associatedwiththeiruserPrincipalNameproperty.
TheUPN
foreachuserwhorequiressmartcardauthenticationmustbesettothe
subjectalternativename(SAN)containedwithintherootcertificateofthetrustedCA.
Youcanlocatethisinformationbyviewingthecertificateproperties,asdescribedin
“ExportingaRootCertificatefromaUserCertificate”onpage 98.
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OTESmartcardauthenticationonlyreplacesWindowspasswordauthentication.
If SecurIDisenabled,userswillstillberequiredtoauthenticateusingthismechanism
aswell.
NOTEYouonlyneedtoprovidethisinformationifthecertificatewasissuedfroma
domainotherthantheonewhichtheuserpresentlyresides.Acharacteristicof
exportingacertificatefromaserverintheuserscurrentdomainisthattheusersUPN
androotcertificateSANwillcorrelate.