Hi Jeff,
1) You don't need a special group. (I'll explain in a second...)
2) That would be one way of allowing that.
LDAP authentication allows users to be authenticated. Special groups is
a facility that allows users to be temporarily added to DSpace groups if
they fit a given criteria.
So if you want to allow a group of people to access a given collection,
there are two ways of doing it. First, you could create a group, and
then add users to it manually. Or secondly, if all users who
authenticate using LDAP are allowed access, then you can use the special
groups functionality that was added to LDAP authentication in 1.5.2.
This works by setting a group name in dspace.cfg
(ldap.login.specialgroup - or password.login.specialgroup if you want
the same to work with password authentication). All users who then
successfully authenticate using LDAP will then be added to that group
for the duration of their login session. Being a special group, you
won't see the members listed in it via the UI.
Thanks,
Stuart Lewis
Digital Services Programmer
Te Tumu Herenga The University of Auckland Library
Auckland Mail Centre, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
Ph: 64 9 373-7599 x81928
http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz <http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/> /
From: Jeffrey Trimble [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, 6 June 2009 2:47 a.m.
To: DSpace Tech
Subject: [Dspace-tech] LDAP questions
To the gods of LDAP:
I've got several questions, for reasons unknown to me, I cannot find
answers in the documentation.
1. I've place the correct settings in the dspace.cfg file for
authenticating to our LDAP server. Why do I need
a special group? Is this part of the authentication process that is
closely connected with question #2 below?
2. If I have a community/collection that is not publicly
available, and requires a login, does LDAP do this
automatically, or do I need a special group as mentioned in #1 above.
3. Are there other steps I am missing?
Thanks in advance,
Jeff
Jeffrey Trimble
System LIbrarian
William F. Maag Library
Youngstown State University
330.941.2483 (Office)
[email protected]
http://www.maag.ysu.edu
http://digital.maag.ysu.edu
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