Novell SecureLogin Script: Gmail Login with SSO

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By Girish Mutt

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Posted: 3 May 2006

Introduction

This article is intended to help you enable your Gmail account for Web Single Sign On (SSO). Since Gmail is quickly becoming a widely used e-mail service, the script in this article has been provided to help you enable auto-detection of the Gmail login for Web SSO.

Using the Gmail Script with Novell SecureLogin NSL

The Gmail script shown below is designed to handle the following SSO aspects:

Gmail login detection
Change of password
Login loop

#####################################################################
# URL  			: google
#
# Name			: Gmail Web login 
#
# Type				: Web Login Script
# 
#
# This Application Definition is capable of handling the following:-
# 
# 	*Gmail Login Detection.
#	*Change Password Handling.
#	*Handles Login Loop.
#  
#####################################################################


GetURL ?GmailURL

#****************************************************** 
# Purpose: Gmail Login Handling for Web-SSO
#******************************************************

If -Text "Welcome to Gmail" 

	If ?LogInCount Eq "1" 

	          MessageBox "Would you like to login again?" -YesNo ?EnterChoice 
	
	          If ?EnterChoice Eq "Yes" 
	                     Call "Login" 
	
	                Else 
			             
	                   EndScript 
	
	          EndIf 

        Else 

          Call "Login" 

	EndIf 
	

EndIf	


#******************************************************
# Subroutine Name: Login
#
# Purpose: It handles the Gmail Web Login
#
#******************************************************

Sub Login
	Set ?LogInCount "1"
	SetPrompt "Username:"
	Type $Username #1
     	SetPrompt "Password :"
        	Type $Password #2
        	Submit
	SetPrompt "Enter Gmail Account Username and Password."
	EndScript
	
EndSub



#******************************************************
# 
# Purpose: Gmail Change Password Handling
#
#******************************************************
If "EditPasswd?" -In ?GmailURL

	If -Text "Edit password" 
		
		Type $Password #1
		Set ?PassBackup $Password
		ChangePassword ?NewPasswd "Please Enter Your New Password for GMail Account"
		Type ?NewPasswd #3
		Type ?NewPasswd #4
		Set $Password ?NewPasswd
		Submit
		EndScript

   	EndIf

EndIf

#******************************************************
# 
# Purpose: Gmail Wrong Username and/or Password Handling
#
#******************************************************

If -Text "Username and password do not match."

	DisplayVariables "Your UserName and/or Password seems to be wrong.
	Please enter the right credentials!!"$Username $Password
	Call "Login"

EndIf

Implementation

The Gmail script can be added to the Novell SecureLogin(NSL) client by following the steps below:

1. From the system tray, launch the NSL icon to get the Manage Logins window.

2. In the left panel, go to the Applications option and right-click to add the new application. A dialog will appear, where you can add the new application definition.

3. In the dialog, choose the second radio button to add the new application definition.

4. Provide the values to the following parameters to create the application definition:

Type: This defines the type of the Application, such as Windows, Terminal Emulator, Java, Web, and others. Since you are are creating a Application Definition for Gmail, which is a Web application, choose the Advanced Web option from the dropdown box.
URL: For the Gmail account, provide "google" as the URL parameter value.
Description: Provide any value that will help you understand the type of application needing this Application Definition. For exammple, use "Gmail Login".