if authentication is same for all, you can add new service validates for
your services for authorization purpose. for example,
use /serviceAValidate for serviceA, /serviceBValidate for serviceB and
etc.

On Mon, 2011-04-18 at 14:47 +0200, Loïc Quentin wrote:
> On 04/18/2011 02:05 PM, Marvin Addison wrote:
> >> The thing is, each service will use a specific DN
> >> to bind to the LDAP server, and I can't possibly change that behavior.
> > In strict terms this is case for any LDAP server -- you bind as the
> > user's DN, which is different for every user.  What's different about
> > each DN?  Do you allow anonymous searches, or require a (possibly
> > different) manager DN for each branch of users?
> >
> I don't know much about LDAP, actually, so I'm not sure I'm using the 
> right words:
> here's a little scenario to explain my situation:
> User Bob wants to access service A.
> Service A redirects user Bob to CAS Server, where user Bob enters his 
> credentials.
> CAS server binds to LDAP using dn=serviceA,ou=serviceUsers,etc
> Depending on the answer from LDAP, user Bob is granted access to service 
> A or not.
> 
> Now, user Bib wants to access service B.
> Service B redirects user Bib to CAS Server, where user Bib enters his 
> credentials. CAS server now has to bind to LDAP using 
> dn=serviceB,ou=serviceUsers,etc…
> 
> Anonymous search is allowed, though, but authentication can't be done 
> using it, as it doesn't provide access to the password hash (if I get it 
> correctly).
> >
> >> But I still need to know the referring service.
> > When a service requests a service ticket, it always does so via the
> > service query string parameter.  (See
> > http://www.jasig.org/cas/protocol section 2.1.1.)  That part is easy.
> According to the protocol page, depending on how (login or 
> serviceValidation) CAS is called, there is a parameter passed to the 
> server that concerns the service needing authentication. If I could use 
> this, that would probably be perfect.
> > There are two hard parts that follow:
> >
> >   1. How do you pass the service to the authentication handler?
> >   2. What do you do when someone shows up to CAS without a service?
> >
> > CAS separates user authentication from service access as distinct
> > operations, and you're conflating them in a way that will likely cause
> > problems if you need a service and don't always have one.
> >
> > M
> >
> That's a good question, I'll have to discuss it with my boss (as I said, 
> I'm a trainee, and I don't really know the environment…). Maybe we could 
> use a default service value…
> 
> Thanks for your help
> 
> Loïc
> 
> 



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