2.3 Adding a pcProx Card as a Login ID

You can add a pcProx card to be used as a login ID in two ways:

NOTE:

  • pcProx identification fails in LDAP Credential Provider mode because pcProx caches the certificate in the registry to identify the card on the server (that is, eDirectory) it is registered. If you change the server, pcProx does not have the logic to verify if the certificate is valid or not. pcProx treats the certificate from the new server as invalid. It tries to identify with this certificate and so, the identification fails.

    To resolve this issue, you must delete the certificate registry value whenever you change the identification server (eDirectory).

    You must delete the TrustedCertificate0, which is located in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Novell\NMAS\MethodData\pcProx\ID\LDAPServers

  • Identification might also fail if the certificate is corrupted. In such a scenario, delete the old cached certificate from the registry and add new certificate.

2.3.1 Adding by Scanning the Card

  1. Log in to iManager.

  2. From the left pane, select NMAS > NMAS Users.

  3. In the Username field specify the object name, then click OK.

  4. Select the PcProx tab, then select PcProx Identification.

  5. Place the card on the card reader and click Scan & Add ID. After the card is scanned, the card's ID appears in the Card ID field.

  6. Click Apply to save the changes.

  7. Click OK to exit.

2.3.2 Adding Manually

  1. Log in to iManager.

  2. From the left pane, select NMAS > NMAS Users.

  3. In the Username field specify the object name, then click OK.

  4. Select the PcProx tab, then select PcProx Identification.

  5. In the Card ID field, specify the pcProx card ID in hexadecimal format.

  6. Click Add ID to add the ID.

  7. Click Apply to save.

  8. Click OK to exit.