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<P><FONT size=2>Hi Larry,</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT size=2>I'm curious if anyone has done any work with adapting opencms
to use some type of external or alternative authentication system....
Specifically, LDAP... ???<SPAN class=223261507-16042003><FONT face=Arial
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<P><FONT size=2>I am also very curious about it, but as I did not have the time
to check it, I cannot say if it (the ff branch) is a proper solution
and if it fits to the new releases. </FONT><FONT size=2>Please let me know if
you succeed in integrating it.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Best regards, </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Kai</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>This is what I found w.r.t this topic:</FONT><FONT
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<P><FONT size=2>28.03.03: Laurent Vernet:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>I have started my own CmsResourceBroker to access a specific
User Directory(LDAP like). I think you have to implement you own
CmsResourceBroker (which one should bea wrapper using native
CmsResourceBroker)but using your own code to access user/groups/roles .Becareful
i think you have to synchronize some information between your directory and
OpenCMS (groups/roles).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>28.03.03 Lolo:</FONT></P><FONT size=2><FONT size=2>
<P>see at the ff branch of the cvs</P>
<P>22.01.03 Hanjo Riege:</P><FONT size=2>
<P> if you want OpenCms to communicate with an ldap server, you should
check out the ff branch from the cvs-repository. There is an OpenCms
version based on 5.0_beta_1 that can handle modules for user
authentication. It includes a module for ldap. </P>
<P>22.11.02 Michael Emmerich:</P><FONT size=2>
<P>We are currently working on an internal modification of the user management
in OpenCms which will allow to attach external user databases (e.g. LDAP) to
OpenCms. Fomr the programmerers perspective, the access to users within OpenCms
will be the same as it is now, so existing applications based on OpenCms should
still work. Since this is a major modification to the OpenCms core, it will not
be part finished until the 5.0 release, so it will be part of a later version
of OpenCms.</P></FONT>
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