Enabling Windows user authentication in the client

You can enable Windows user authentication in the Rational® DOORS® client by using command-line switches or a batch file.

Before you begin

Before you perform this task, follow the instructions in Enabling Windows user authentication in the database server.

About this task

If you use command-line switches to enable Windows user authentication, use the -osUser command-line switch. The -osUser switch does not have any arguments.

Procedure

Use one of these methods to enable Windows user authentication.

Results

After Windows user authentication is enabled, Rational DOORS uses the Windows user authentication information so that users can log on without entering a user name and password.

When the Rational DOORS client starts, if the distinguished name (DN) in the client certificate is associated with only one Rational DOORS user account, the user logs on automatically. If the DN is associated with more than one user account, the User name window is displayed, and the user must enter a user name that is associated with the DN.

For security, the associated user names are not displayed.


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