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Additional Default Settings

This section describes additional default setting parameters that can be configured only when using the Oracle Calendar web client in a standalone environment.

For default setting parameters that can be configured when using Oracle Calendar web client in either a standalone environment or integrated with Oracle Collaboration Suite see Default Settings.

[servers]

Parameter: <alias users will see>=<hostname>,<node>

Description: Sets the calendar servers users can connect to from the sign-in page. Do not use a space before or after the comma between the host name and node.

[url_prefix]

Parameter: img_prefix

Description: Provides the default path to the images directory. It is a relative path to htdocs. It is set during installation and should not be changed.

Parameter: cgi_prefix

Description: Provides the Fastcgi directory prefix. It is set during installation and should not be changed.

Parameter: global_prefix

Description: Alias that points to the Fastcgi directory but its value must be different from cgi_prefix. This parameter allows users to access non-protected URLs for global calendars. The user is still logged in through SSO login but is limited to the Calendar and cannot access other Oracle applications. The value of this parameter is set during installation and should not be changed.

[extiteminfo]

Setting the location of character set conversion maps

Parameter: charmappath

Description: Sets the location of the character set conversion maps.

Accepted values: Any valid directory path.

Default value: ./etc/charset

[admin]

Setting a time length before session time-out

Parameter:ssn_timeout

Description: Sets the number of minutes of inactivity Oracle Calendar web client permits before a user session times out.

Accepted values: Any positive integer.

Default values: 0

Verifying user credentials

Parameter: check_user_credential

Description: This parameter indicates whether or not SSO is supported.

Accepted values: TRUE or FALSE

Default value: TRUE

Parameter: sso_user_env_key

Description: This parameter enables the user sso env key to be configured.

Value: REMOTE_USER

Setting secure error messages for authentication

Parameter: secure_login

Description: Controls the security level of the error message generated on the sign-in page. Choose from either a secure mode or a user-friendly mode that provides specific information about the authentication failure. This parameter overrides the server-side parameter [LIMITS] secure_login in unison.ini.

Table 0-1  Error Messages for Authentication

Action	Secure error-message mode	User-friendly error-message mode
Invalid user ID	Authentication failed.	The system found no matches for the given search string.
Invalid password	Authentication failed.	The password you entered is incorrect.

If the secure error-message mode is enabled, the administrator is advised to set [sched] userlist_login to FALSE (see Providing a list of possible sign-in matches) to provide a truly secure sign-in for users.

Accepted values:

• TRUE (secure mode)
• FALSE (user-friendly mode)

Default value: TRUE

Choosing a time-out value after failed sign-ins

Parameter: login_fail_timeout

Description: Allows you to specify the amount of time a user is denied access to Oracle Calendar web client if she or he has reached the maximum number of sign-in attempts. This parameter is commented out by default.

Accepted values: Any number.

Default value: 0

[ACE]

Choosing ACE mechanisms for Oracle Calendar web client

Parameters: authentication, compression, encryption

Description: Set a default authentication, compression or encryption method. If you do not specify a value, Oracle Calendar web client will use the server-defined default.

Configuring your calendar system to use Web-based certificate authentication

Oracle Calendar web client 3.1 provides the ability to authenticate users with the calendar server using Web-based mechanisms, allowing users to access their calendar data without formally signing in to the Web Calendar. Instead, the system employs a plug-in (aut_web) to identify calendar users by reading the appropriate environment variables passed by the authentication module on your Apache Server.

This feature requires Oracle Calendar server 5.5 or later.

[ACE_PLUGINS_CLIENT]

Setting a shared key for certificate authentication

Parameter: web_cal_sharedkey

Description: Defines the shared key to be used by the aut_web plug-in. Make sure this value is the same as the one specified in the [ACE_PLUGINS_SERVER] section of unison.ini.

Accepted values: Any text string.

Setting an attribute name to match the SSL environment variable

Parameter: web_attribute_name

Description: Specifies the value that matches the environment variable used by the Web server to provide the user's calendar user ID. For example:

web_attribute_name = REMOTE_USER

Setting an attribute type for the SSL environment variable

Parameter: web_attribute_type

Description: Defines the attribute of the environment variable specified by web_attribute_name. Only the userid attribute type is currently supported.

Accepted values: userid

Setting a directory for error logs

Parameter: web_logfile

Description: Defines the path to the log file used to generate errors and warnings.

Accepted values: Any valid path

[href]

Redirecting a user after session time-out

Parameter:login_page_url

Description: Redirects a user to the URL of your choice if the user times out during a session. It is commented out in the webcal.ini.

Accepted values: Any valid URL (complete with http://).

Default values: http://www.oracle.com

Appending the originating URL to the sign-in page

Parameter: login_return_param

Description: Appends the originating URL to login_page_url whenever it is called by the application. The originating URL is encoded and is automatically assigned by Oracle Calendar web client.

Accepted values: N/A

Default values: No value

Redirecting invalid sign-in attempts

Parameter: max_quiet_login_attempts_url

Description: Allows you to redirect a user to a URL of your choice if the user has reached the maximum permitted number of sign-in attempts. Use this parameter only if you have quiet sign-in enabled.

Accepted values: Any valid HTML file path.

Default values: htdocs/owc/images/english/login_max_fail.htm.

[pref_attr]

Setting default viewing states for preferences

Parameters:

• mobile_phone (mobile device number)
• smsc_phone (preferred service center number)
• autolog (automatic sign-in)

Description: Makes certain preferences read-only or hidden when a user accesses the Preferences page of the Web Calendar. These parameters are commented out by default.

Accepted values:

• read_only (user can view the setting but cannot modify it)
• hidden (user cannot view the setting)
• normal (user can view and modify the setting)

Default value: normal

[system]

Choosing a connection type for the application

Parameter: connection

Description: Controls whether the master node setup for Oracle Calendar web client is used.

Accepted values:

• masternode (use master node setup)
• traditional (use traditional non-connected node setup)

Default value: masternode