Windows Authentication

[mniemeck]

We have installed Enterprise Archtiect 5.00.768 using a repository in an Oracle DB. So far everything works fine, except the Windows Authentication Feature when turning on Project Security.

When I log onto my machine using a local user, and authorize this user in the "Manage Users" panel using just the username in the exact case, everything works fine.

When I log on as a domain user, nothing goes. I've tried every combination of domain and username, various cases, but no matter what I do, I am always presented with a prompt for my username.

DB Connectivity is still working, for when I enter a valid username/password at the prompt I can enter the project without problems.

Any suggestions?

Regards

Mike

[Jake]

Is "Remerber Id" in the login screen unchecked ?

[mniemeck]

Is "Remerber Id" in the login screen unchecked ?

Doesn't matter. When using Windows Authentication the login screen shouldn't appear at all. Works that way when logging on as a local Windows user. I just start EA, click the repository connection and am done.

[mniemeck]

Just as a quick follow-up for all folks in the forum. I used our brand-new licenses to send a priority support request to Sparx. Response-time was quite good, although the answer is not . Well. I hope they fix it while our support contract holds

Hello Michael,

Thanks for the note.

I've been able to reproduce the problem here, and unfortunately there's no workaround beyond responding to the logon prompt when it occurs. We will investigate the issue further and if a resolution can be found it'll be implemented in a future build of EA.

If you have any further questions please let us know.


Best Regards,

Allan Butt
Sparx Systems Pty Ltd

[mikewhit]

Don't be disappointed (yet).

New builds appear quite frequently - check the Latest News section of the forum - and what the guy says is true: things that are bugs often get fixed within one or two releases.

In which case you'll still have 11 months of support (= ability to download updates) left !

[Jake]

I had the same problem with a local project, an eap file which is a copy of a repository in an SQL SERVER DB (by Tools/Data management/Data Transfer).

I finally fix it. Here is what I have done:
- Login as admin
- Project/Security/maintain users
- Uncheck Accept Windows Authentication
- Close the "Maintain User" dialog
- Re-open then "Maintain user" dialog
- Check Accept Windows Authentication
- Close the project

When I re-open the project, the windows authentication works.

Hope it will work for you.