Thanks for your answers Tim and Monika. We will study the possibility of developing a CAS plugin or continue using LDAP plugin.
El viernes, 8 de septiembre de 2017, 15:47:27 (UTC+2), monikam escribió: > > At Princeton we use CAS Authentication. I am not sure where the code came > from since it was already in place when I joined. It does have an issue > where it goes into a loop when authenticating successfully against CAS with > an account that is not configured in the DSPACE EPerson table. This is due > to Princeton not allowing users to create their own accounts. > > If there is interest I be happy to discuss the details, digg up code, … > > Monika > > — > Monika Mevenkamp > Digital Repository Infrastructure Developer > Princeton University > Phone: 609-258-4161 > Skype: mo-meven > > On Sep 7, 2017, at 12:46 PM, Tim Donohue <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > Hi Lorenzo, > > All DSpace features are community developed features (we don't have a > central development team), and we welcome contributions for new > authentication methods from anyone (see Code Contribution Guidelines > <https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Code+Contribution+Guidelines>). > As you've discovered, there is early community work on building out CAS > protocol support, and it is being tracked mostly in this ticket: > https://jira.duraspace.org/browse/DS-1028 > > Unfortunately though, as of right now, this effort has stalled. The > original code was found to be a bit buggy, and other developers had asked > for code updates to stabilize & cleanup the code. Currently, that code has > not yet been updated based on that initial feedback. If you or someone else > would like to help contribute to moving these ideas forward, we welcome any > contributions to add CAS support. At this time, the code is simply waiting > for a new volunteer to help move it forward (or create a new plugin if the > old code is lacking), and we don't know exactly when that new volunteer > will appear. > > If anyone reading this thread is also interested in this effort, or has > developed their own local CAS plugin, I'd also encourage you to contribute > it back to DSpace (ideally, via a GitHub Pull Request mentioning the above > DS-1028 ticket). > > Thanks, > > Tim > > On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 5:16 AM <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> We want to use our institution's Single-Sign On (SSO) system to >> authenticate our users using the CAS protocol. We find this plugin ( >> https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/CAS+and+SAML+Authentication) >> in "Development Projects". There are possibility that a new official >> method of authentication will be implemented using the CAS protocol and >> include >> it in DSpace as authentication plugin ( >> https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC6x/Authentication+Plugins#AuthenticationPlugins-ExampleofaCustomAuthenticationMethod >> ). >> >> On the other hand, someone can tell us how she/he approached the topic of >> connecting DSpase with an SSO system using CAS protocol. >> >> Regards, >> Lorenzo Bermúdez >> Universidad de Sevilla >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "DSpace Community" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/dspace-community. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > > Tim Donohue > Technical Lead for DSpace & DSpaceDirectDuraSpace.org | DSpace.org | > DSpaceDirect.org > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "DSpace Community" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/dspace-community. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DSpace Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/dspace-community. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
