When the network connection is slow or unstable, the login process might take several minutes. A solution to this is to allow users to force offline login manually. This saves the user’s time for the login process.
To allow users to force offline login manually, perform the following steps:
Open the configuration file C:\ProgramData\NetIQ\Windows Client\config.properties. If the file does not exist, create a new file.
Specify force_offline_enabled: true (default value is false) in the config.properties file.
Save the configuration file.
Restart the operating system.
When you set the parameter to true, an Offline logon check box appears on the user’s login screen. If a user selects Offline logon, Windows Client does not try to reach an Advanced Authentication server but goes directly to cache.
You can also set the offline login as a default value by specifying force_offline_default: true in the config.properties file. This enables the Offline logon check box to be selected by default on the user’s login screen.
NOTE:Before you force offline login, a user must have logged into the workstation once (with online login) to cache the authenticators.