Password caching on the client

Client-side password caching is supported on all FH Web Edition clients. Client-side password caching allows users who are not members of the FH Web Edition server's domain to sign in to FH Web Edition without having to enter their user name and password every time they connect to the server. When cache password on the client is enabled, the Sign In dialog box includes a Remember me on this computer option. If the user selects this, after the first manual authentication, the user's logon credentials are encrypted on the host using the SYSTEM account context, transmitted over the network, and stored on client computers in user-private directories.

When the user makes subsequent connections to the server, the cached password is transmitted back to the host, where it is decrypted using the SYSTEM account context. The Sign In dialog box is displayed with the user name and password and with Remember me on this computer selected. If the user disables Remember me on this computer, the user's credentials are deleted from the client computer.

  1. In the FH Web Edition Connection Manager, choose Tools → Host Options.
  2. Click the Security tab.
  3. Enable Standard authentication (prompt user for user name and password).
  4. Enable Cache passwords on the client.

  5. Click OK.

    On most platforms, the cached password is stored in the user's home directory in a .dat file named for the FH Web Edition server. With the Windows CE Client, the cached password is stored in the user’s registry settings. The table below provides example locations of the cached password for each FH Web Edition client.

    Example: user1 is the user name, server1 is the name of the FH Web Edition server, and 192.168.100.111 is the IP address of the FH Web Edition server.

    Platform Password locations

    Mac OS X

    /Users/user1/.fhweb-client/192.168.100.111.dat

    Windows

    C:\Documents and Settings\user1\Application Data\ACSXerox\FH Web Edition\server1.dat

    Linux

    /home/user1/.fhweb-client/192.168.100.111.dat

    Windows CE

    In the registry:
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\ACSXerox\\FH Web Edition\\Client\CachedPasswordServers\\SERVERNAME