Windows Auto-login
This topic describes how to configure the Windows system so that the currently logged-in user is automatically log into Proficy products when launched.
With Windows Auto-login configured, once you log in to your system, you are not required to enter your login credentials again to access the Proficy Authentication application on the same machine.
To configure Windows Auto-login, an administrator performs the following tasks only for
the first time. The first task is performed on all the participating nodes (Active
Directory service node, Proficy Authentication service node, and the client nodes). The
second and third are performed on the Windows Active Directory Server machine. The
fourth task is performed on the machine where Proficy Authentication is installed.
- Configure Security Policy.
- Create a service principal for your user account.
- Generate the Kerberos keytab file.
- Update the Proficy Authentication .yml file.
- Configure LDAP Identity Provider for the Active Directory service used in
Steps 2 and 3.Note: Users logging into DPM products using Windows Auto-login are authorized / get the scopes based on the LDAP configuration performed in Step 5.
To configure the browser settings for Windows Auto-login, the following task is performed
on the end-user machine.
