I'm concerned that the gateway will send a user to the CAS server and back with every request. That would generate a lot of load :)
David Wolowicz Manager of Web Services University Systems | University of Victoria (250) 721-6117 | [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Matthew J. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 12:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [cas-user] mod_auth_cas and un-authenticated directories Sounds like you want to investigate m-a-c's CASGateway option. I have not pounded heavily on Gateway mode myself, so please report back if you use this, successfully or otherwise. On Mon, 2010-09-20 at 13:43 -0400, David Wolowicz wrote: > Hi all, > > > > Here is a predicament that I’m trying to solve. We have a web server > with a number of folders and sub sites within the file system and the > domain. Some of these are protected by .htacccess, others are open to > everyone. What I’m hoping for is the following interaction: > > > > -If a user is not authenticated, they can go to whatever public > directory they like on the site > > -If a user goes to a protected directory they receive the cas login > page, and are then authenticated into that folder and all of the other > folders on the server. > > -If an authenticated user goes to a non- authenticated part of the > site the web server still knows who they are and that they are > authenticated. (ie: REMOTE_USER is set.) > > > > Is there a combination of mod_auth_cas settings that can do this? > > > > Thanks > > > > David Wolowicz > > Manager of Web Services > > University Systems | University of Victoria > > (250) 721-6117 | [email protected] > > > > > -- > You are currently subscribed to [email protected] as: > [email protected] > To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see > http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/cas-user -- Matthew J. Smith <[email protected]> University Information Technology Services -- You are currently subscribed to [email protected] as: [email protected] To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/cas-user -- You are currently subscribed to [email protected] as: [email protected] To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/cas-user
