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SecurID with HTML Forms Support Scheme Prerequisites

Ensure the following prerequisites are met before configuring a SecureID with HTML authentication scheme:

• The RSA ACE/Client software is installed on the same machine as the Policy Server.
• For Policy Servers on Windows, the ACE configuration information file (sdconf.rec) resides in the winnt\system32 directory. The VAR_ACE and USR_ACE variables are pointing to the appropriate ACE agent data and prog directories respectively.
• For Policy Servers on UNIX, the sdconf.rec file resides in the <policy server installation dir>/bin directory. In addition, the VAR_ACE and USR_ACE variables are pointing to the <policy server installation dir>/bin, allowing the Policy Server to use SiteMinder API libraries and not the ACE agent.
• A customized .fcc file resides on a Web Agent server in the cookie domain in which you want to implement HTML Forms authentication. CA provides sample .fcc files under the Samples/Forms subdirectory, where you installed your Web Agent.
• A customized .unauth file resides on the Web Agent server.

  Note: The .unauth file is not required if the .fcc file uses the smerrorpage directive.

• A directory connection exists between the Policy Server and the user directory.
• The default HTML forms library is installed. This library handles HTML Forms authentication processing:
  • SmAuthHTML.dll on Windows
  • smauthhtml.so on Solaris

  These files are installed automatically when you configure a Web Agent.