Windows based platform?

 

Digest platform authentication is the only method for a QNX-based host or Linux-based Supervisor, and is an alternative for a Windows-based host. The associated Authentication dialog lets you change the single platform account credentials (user name and password), as shown in Figure 55.

A Win-32 based platform can use either digest or basic (native Windows OS user based) authentication for Niagara platform access.

Digest platform authentication provides good protection against password eavesdropping. However, there is only one level of platform login access, using a single platform user account.

Basic platform authentication provides integration with existing Windows installations, and provides two levels of platform access. However, it does not protect against password eavesdropping.

For any Win32-based host, including a JACE-NXS, when you update platform authentication, a dialog asks you to select one of the two methods, as shown in Figure 56.

Figure 56. Authentication dialog for Win32 Niagara host


If you select digest authentication, upon Next you go to the authentication dialog to set the single platform login account (Figure 55). There is no linkage between Windows OS users accounts and the platform administrator.

If you select basic authentication, you go to a different dialog where you can assign one existing Windows user group to each of the two possible levels of platform access.

Starting in AX-3.5, if the host platform is already configured for digest authentication, and you change to basic authentication, you first see a login dialog, as shown in Figure 57. If already configured for basic authentication, you go directly to the basic authentication dialog (Figure 58).

Figure 57. Login dialog when changing from digest authentication to basic authentication


Use your standard Windows login credentials--if the host is on a Windows domain, login using the credentials you use when logging into that domain. This is necessary to limit the number of possible domain groups to only those groups in which you are a member. Such groups will be selectable in the next dialog for Basic Platform Authentication (Figure 58).

Figure 58. Basic platform authentication dialog, group selection


This basic authentication dialog lets you select one Windows group for each of the two levels of platform access. In addition, the "Stations" checkbox determines certain platform writes from a station.

For more details, see the next sections station access and levels of platform access.

 

Digest platform authentication is the only method for a QNX-based host or Linux-based Supervisor, and is an alternative for a Windows-based host. The associated Authentication dialog lets you change the single platform account credentials (user name and password), as shown in Figure 55.

A Win-32 based platform can use either digest or basic (native Windows OS user based) authentication for Niagara platform access.


Digest platform authentication provides good protection against password eavesdropping. However, there is only one level of platform login access, using a single platform user account.

Basic platform authentication provides integration with existing Windows installations, and provides two levels of platform access. However, it does not protect against password eavesdropping.

For any Win32-based host, including a JACE-NXS, when you update platform authentication, a dialog asks you to select one of the two methods, as shown in Figure 56.

Figure 56. Authentication dialog for Win32 Niagara host


If you select digest authentication, upon Next you go to the authentication dialog to set the single platform login account (Figure 55). There is no linkage between Windows OS users accounts and the platform administrator.

If you select basic authentication, you go to a different dialog where you can assign one existing Windows user group to each of the two possible levels of platform access.

Starting in AX-3.5, if the host platform is already configured for digest authentication, and you change to basic authentication, you first see a login dialog, as shown in Figure 57. If already configured for basic authentication, you go directly to the basic authentication dialog (Figure 58).

Figure 57. Login dialog when changing from digest authentication to basic authentication


Use your standard Windows login credentials--if the host is on a Windows domain, login using the credentials you use when logging into that domain. This is necessary to limit the number of possible domain groups to only those groups in which you are a member. Such groups will be selectable in the next dialog for Basic Platform Authentication (Figure 58).

Figure 58. Basic platform authentication dialog, group selection


This basic authentication dialog lets you select one Windows group for each of the two levels of platform access. In addition, the "Stations" checkbox determines certain platform writes from a station.

For more details, see the next sections station access and levels of platform access.

what manual is this from?

 

We just ran into a issue with 3.7 that if your user name has a space in it, it just dumps you right back to the logon page. This is the station access through the web client not sure if it affects platform access.

 

I had a similar thing happen, but it was after I upgraded a station. I deleted the user account and put it back exactly the same and everything worked. Weird!

 

View attachment PlatformConnectionRejectsKnownGoodUserNamesandPasswords 51.pdf

I had to do this on my machine since I am not an Admin. Works good.