In this folder you create the new profile Smartcard Login:

  1. Right-click the folder Smartcard Operation.
  2. Choose New Profile.
  3. Enter a Profile Name, e.g. Smartcard Login.
  4. Click Security > Logon > IGEL Smartcard.
  5. Enable Login with IGEL Smartcard.

    Alternatively, choose Enable IGEL Smartcard without Locking Desktop for an operation mode where the thin clients are accessible without smartcards, and smartcards can be used for launching additional personalized sessions. Please note that this parameter has been removed with IGEL Linux version 10.02.120.

  6. Enter your Company Key.

    Smartcard Logon

Later on, this profile will be applied to all thin clients where the authentication process shall work only with smartcard.

This way the thin clients will receive

  • the company key and
  • the information that the authentication is only possible with the smartcard.

    The company key is a private key shared between thin clients and smartcards. It should be chosen similar to a good password. If the smartcard does not hold the same company key as the thin client, authentication will not be possible. Remember this company key, because later on you will need to write exactly the same key to the smartcard.