FOR ARCHIVAL PURPOSES ONLY
The following instructions apply to using Websec
to authenticate for web applications. Websec was retired
in December 2009 and replaced
by a new authentication system, Penn Weblogin.
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Customizing your application's authentication/login pages - Additional arguments
If you have opted to have a customized login page for your Websec app, you
can also opt to pass additional arguments on to your application through Websec.
To add additional arguments,
- add a hidden input tag to your login page
Example:
<input type=hidden name=query_string value=$WEBSEC_QUERY_STRING>
- make a link to your application that includes the arguments
that you want to pass on through Websec.
Example:
<a href="https://rosetta.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/websec/websec_authform?app=your_websec_application&InstitutionCode=9999&department=English">
When the user authenticates using your customized login page, Websec
will map the keyword $WEBSEC_QUERY_STRING to the
argument string that you have appended to the call to your application.
In the above example, the input tag query_string will have the value InstitutionCode=9999&department=English. Your application
would then have to parse out the query_string input values.
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