Modifying the
Web Authentication Forms
During installation, the ACE/Agent
setup program copied the following HTML templates into the Web
server machines /netscape_home_directory/plugins/aceagent/templates directory.
- error.html
- The Web page
that tokenholders see when a transmission error occurs
during authentication.
- flterror.html
- The Web page
that tokenholders see when a filter loading error occurs.
- newpin.html
- The Web page
that appears when a tokenholders token is in New
PIN mode; it allows a user to create his own PIN.
- newpin1.html
- The New PIN
Web page that appears when a tokenholder is to receive a
system-generated PIN.
- newpin2.html
- The New PIN
Web page that appears when a tokenholder is allowed to
decide whether she will create her own PIN or receive a
system-generated PIN.
- nextprn.html
- The Web page
that appears when a token is in Next
Tokencode mode. A series of incorrect PASSCODEs
during authentication puts a token into this mode. After
a correct code is finally entered, the user will be
prompted for another correct tokencode before being
allowed access.
- passcode.html
- The WebID
authentication prompt form, where the tokenholder enters
his or her user name and PASSCODE.
All of these HTML
templates can be edited to:

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Editing the template files
requires that you have a thorough understanding of the
HTML markup language. Also, when adding graphics
files to the authentication prompt, make sure that the
graphics are not
loaded from a SecurID-protected directory. If these files
are protected, the browser will not recognize them and
will display them as broken image icons.
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Do not alter the position of %s
variables
All of the HTML
templates (including the New PIN prompts and error pages) can be
modified, so long as you do not alter the relative
positions of the %s variables in the scripts.
If you do, the authentication prompt will not be able to get
information from the ACE/Server.
To change the
text in a WebID authentication form:
- Using a text
editor such as vi, open one of the template files in the netscape_home_directory/plugins/aceagent/templates directory.
- Delete
the text in the <TITLE>, <HEAD>, <H1>,
or <P> tags and enter your new heading or body text
in its place.
For instance, the tag
<H1>Welcome to Widgets, Inc.</H1>
when placed in the passcode.html file, changes the
text of the first heading in that page from SecurID
PASSCODE Request to "Welcome to Widgets,
Inc.
- Save and
close the file. The form will now display the new
greeting to Web users.
To add a
custom graphic to a WebID authentication form:
- Using a text
edior such as vi, open one of the template files in the netscape_home_directory/plugins/aceagent/templates
directory.
- Decide where
you want the image to be placed on the page, then insert
an <IMG> tag in the HTML markup pointing to the
image file.
For example,
the line
<IMG src=logo.gif ALIGN=left>
places the logo.gif image to the left of the
pages text.
Again, be
sure that the image file you point to in the src path is in an unprotected
directory.
- Save and
close the file. The Web authentication prompt will now
display the new graphic.