I apologize, the information below is incorrect. The pipeline updater is only for students. I have discussed the issue with the person in charge of the updating system, and he said that the issue will probably be fixed soon for linux clients using a complicated system we have developed. Again, sorry for the misinformation.
Caleb Jorden. On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 15:50, Caleb Jorden wrote: > > > You can't update your directory information at search.truman.edu > > unless you use IE. (We wrote this ourselves, so I suppose > > there's no vender to lean on here but us.) > > FYI: This information can be modified inside of Pipeline. After you log > in, you can click on Truman Searches and then Edit Information on the > left. The reason that modification on search.truman.edu does not work > in linux is that it, as well as some other sites, uses NTLM > authentication. NTLM authentication is supported in Mozilla in recent > builds, but only in Windows. The reason that NTLM authentication is > used is that it is more secure than basic authentication, which sends > credentials in plain text over http. I do not have an answer to how we > could easily and securely authenticate linux clients, I only hope that > mozilla for linux will soon support NTLM. > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with Subject: unsubscribe > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -----------------------------------------------------------------
