HTML Forms Scheme Prerequisites

To use the HTML Forms authentication scheme, the following prerequisites must be met:

A customized .fcc file must reside 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. For example:
<SM_Web_Agent_Install_Dir>\Samples\Forms
A customized .unauth file must reside on the Web Agent server unless the .fcc file uses the smerrorpage directive.
A connection to the user directory must be configured using the SiteMinder User Directory dialog.
The default HTML forms library must be installed to handle HTML Forms authentication processing:
- SmAuthHTML.dll on Windows
- smauthhtml.so on Solaris
These files are installed automatically when you configure a Web Agent. For more information, see the Policy Server Installation Guide.
(For Oracle iPlanet Web Servers [formerly Sun Java Systems]) Increase the value of the StackSize parameter in the magnus.conf file to a value greater than 131072. Failing to change the value causes the web server to dump its core and restart each time SiteMinder makes an authentication request using forms.

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