Common Authentication Service Adapter (CASA) is the common cross-platform foundation for authentication and single sign-on services for Novell® Linux* Desktop, Microsoft* Windows*, and Macintosh* OS 10 operating systems. CASA Manager is the graphical user interface that enables you to access and manage the authentication credentials (secrets) of the programs and services installed on any of these platforms.

This Help file contains the following topics:

• Adding New Secrets
• Destroying Secrets
• Editing Secrets
• Linking Secrets
• Locking and Unlocking Secrets
• Persistent Storage
• Setting CASA Preferences
• Setting Master Password
• Viewing Secrets

Important: Because CASA Manager collects and displays security credentials from secure applications running on your system, this software should not be used in any public environment where security might be compromised. In addition, because CASA is integrated with your workstation login and other resident applications that require authentication credentials, you should create confidential passwords that are not easily broken in order to prevent unauthorized access.