Login
Login to the Anybus CompactCom is done by submitting a form with the following content to /login.cgi:
Username | Name of user to log in. Max 64 ASCII characters. |
Password | Used to authenticate a user for a specific account. Max 64 ASCII characters |
Target | Optional. If access is granted, the client is redirected to this location. Please note that if the user is not authorized to access “Target”, the user will still be logged in, but without access to “Target”. |
The web server of the Anybus CompactCom will set the following cookies after a successful login:
Cookie | Description |
|---|---|
wto | Contains creation time and user role. Signed by the server and cannot be modified by the client. Must accompany all requests. (Automatically added by all browsers). |
csrf | Used to protect from CSRF attacks. The value of this cookie must be included as an HTML parameter (csrf) in all state-changing |
role | The role of the user currently logged in. Can be used by the client web pages. (Information to client, not used by server) This cookie must be base64 encoded. |
user | The name of the user currently logged in. Can be used by the client web pages. (Information to client, not used by server) This cookie must be base64 encoded. |
stmo | The session timeout (in seconds) configured for the currently logged in role. Can be used by the client web pages. (Information to client, not used by server) |
sret | Session retriggered. The value changes every time the session is used. Can be used by client web pages to trigger a timer used to know when a web session is going to time out. (Information to client, not used by server) |