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ocorten-212-Amethyst
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February 12, 2010
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How to logout of Windchill?

  • February 12, 2010
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Wouldn't it be nice to have a Logout button in Windchill?



Especially when switching between user and administrator accounts this
could be very usefull in my opinion.
As a newbie user maybe I'm missing something, but I can't imagine
nobody else ever asked for this functionality.
Shouldn't be that hard to implement.


Olaf Corten
CAD/PLM Manager, Besi Competence Center - Other Business Applications
Fico BV, Ratio 6, 6921 RW Duiven, The Netherlands
Tel.: +31 26 3196215
Fax: +31 26 3196200
Mobile: +31 644548554
www.fico.nl

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bfrandsen10-Marble
10-Marble
February 12, 2010
Olaf,
to my knowledge logout is not possible with the way Windchill
authenticates. You might find the exact answer in the exploder archives.
This is in my opinin only an annoying issue for admins, that have several
logins. The normal user do not have the need.

/Bjarne



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Wouldn't it be nice to have a Logout button in Windchill?



Especially when switching between user and administrator accounts this
could be very usefull in my opinion.
As a newbie user maybe I'm missing something, but I can't imagine nobody
else ever asked for this functionality.
Shouldn't be that hard to implement.


Olaf Corten
CAD/PLM Manager, Besi Competence Center - Other Business Applications
Fico BV, Ratio 6, 6921 RW Duiven, The Netherlands
Tel.: +31 26 3196215
Fax: +31 26 3196200
Mobile: +31 644548554
www.fico.nl



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RandyJones20-Turquoise
20-Turquoise
February 12, 2010
On 02/12/10 01:58, Olaf Corten wrote:
> Wouldn't it be nice to have a Logout button in Windchill?
> Especially when switching between user and administrator accounts this
> could be very usefull in my opinion.
> As a newbie user maybe I'm missing something, but I can't imagine nobody
> else ever asked for this functionality.
> Shouldn't be that hard to implement.
> Olaf Corten
> CAD/PLM Manager, Besi Competence Center - Other Business Applications
> Fico BV, Ratio 6, 6921 RW Duiven, The Netherlands
> Tel.: +31 26 3196215
> Fax: +31 26 3196200
> Mobile: +31 644548554
> _www.fico.nl
user name and password. Recent versions of Firefox have this ability under:
Tools | Clear Recent History and then make sure you only select
"Active Logins"

Or you can download the "Web Developer" addon for FireFox which provides
this functionality (and a whole lot more) under:
Miscellaneous | Clear Private Data | HTTP Authentication

FireFox also give one the ability to run multiple profiles so you can
be logged into a given website (such as your Windchill install) as
different users at the same time.


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Randy Jones
Systems Administrator
Great Plains Mfg., Inc.
1525 E North St
PO Box 5060
Salina, KS USA 67401
email: -
Phone: 785-823-3276
Fax: 785-667-2695
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jessh12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
February 12, 2010
It seems like something is wrong somewhere if an administrator has to
use multiple accounts.

The administrator should be able to just log in as themselves and do
what they have privileges for.

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Jess Holle

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MarlonMendes1-Visitor
1-Visitor
February 12, 2010
Do you have this solution Step by Step ?





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mmoore-51-Visitor
1-Visitor
February 12, 2010
We log into our Windchill environment with both admin and user accounts all the time. The admin account is used to change configuration and the user account is used to verify the change from the Windchill user's perspective. Not sure why that would be considered abnormal or 'something wrong'. Logout functionality would be very valuable in our environment.

Matt Moore - Intel
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Bill_Kunz1-Visitor
1-Visitor
February 12, 2010
The place where this problem bites administrators is when it is necessary to do testing for different types of group permissions.

Then it is required to login in as a representative member of each group to test for the correct configuration of ACLs, etc.
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ocorten-212-AmethystAuthor
12-Amethyst
February 12, 2010
Hi Jess,

I don't agree and think that's a bit shortsighted.

Imagine a user with multiple roles who uses different accounts for them.
He is doing design stuff 80% of his time and administrator tasks 20% of
his time. He wants to switch between accounts easily.
Imagine an administrator who wants to login as wcadmin or as orgadmin or
with his own account or as a testuser.
Most online portals (even www.ptc.com) provide a logout button.

The general conscensus seems to be that for administrators this would be
a nice feature.
Especially since logoff means closing the entire browser with all it's
tabs.

Kind regards,

Olaf Corten
CAD/PLM Manager, Besi Competence Center - Other Business Applications
Fico BV, Ratio 6, 6921 RW Duiven, The Netherlands
Tel.: +31 26 3196215
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MikeLockwood22-Sapphire I
22-Sapphire I
February 12, 2010
We have a large number of users with 2 accounts - one for regular work and one for "super user" or "admin" work. Seems to be fairly common.

As admin's, we also commonly log on using test accounts that represent what each group can see / do.

Logout would be helpful.
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HugoHermans12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
February 12, 2010
Hi Matt

This works as long as users do not discover how to change their password
in Windchill ... 😞



Kindest regards,

Met vriendelijke groeten,



Hugo Hermans


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RandyJones20-Turquoise
20-Turquoise
February 12, 2010
On 02/12/10 09:12, Jess Holle wrote:
> It seems like something is wrong somewhere if an administrator has to
> use multiple accounts.
>
> The administrator should be able to just log in as themselves and do
> what they have privileges for.
>

Let's see.
1. make a change as an admin
2. login as user to verify change works

Maybe if the admin was an windchill administrator expert you could trust
the changes without having to test as a user. However due to the
complexity of Windchill and the bazillion combinations/permutations
of properties, lifecycles, workflows, teams, roles, access policies,
and etc there is no way a mortal person can get it right the first time.

Especially when you are just beginning Windchill. Like we are and it sounds
like Olaf is too.

I can't count the number of times I have had multiple logins going in
order to get something working properly.

I would like to think that someday I will be that Windchill administrator
that can make a change and NOT have to verify however that doesn't seem
likely. At least not in the next 5 or 10 years.


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Randy Jones
Systems Administrator
Great Plains Mfg., Inc.
1525 E North St
PO Box 5060
Salina, KS USA 67401
email: -
Phone: 785-823-3276
Fax: 785-667-2695
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