Thanks for the feedback. I have auto enroll setup and it work just fine. I'm going to look at the special groups in detail.
Does anyone have any experience with 'special groups' before I dive-in? Anthony Avarca [email protected] 630.252.4940 On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Stuart Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Anthony, > >> I'm in the process of implementing dspace for a prof-of-concept >> project. Is it possible to import (auto enroll) a batch of eperson and >> groups? I will like to import 30+ users and 10+ groups from LDAP. > > It isn't possible to import users from LDAP, however DSpace has an ability to > create user accounts automatically the first time they log in via LDAP. This > is from the config file: > > # This will turn LDAP autoregistration on or off. With this > # on, a new EPerson object will be created for any user who > # successfully authenticates against the LDAP server when they > # first login. With this setting off, the user > # must first register to get an EPerson object by > # entering their ldap username and password and filling out > # the forms. > webui.ldap.autoregister = true > > This may help you achieve what you need. For groups, it is possible to extend > the 'special groups' functionality that allows users to be added to groups > dynamically each time they are log on. This could be based on LDAP group > membership, and if someone were to create a patch that enables this, I'm sure > it would make an excellent addition to DSpace. > > Thanks, > > > Stuart Lewis > IT Innovations Analyst and Developer > Te Tumu Herenga The University of Auckland Library > Auckland Mail Centre, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand > Ph: +64 (0)9 373 7599 x81928 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: Show off your parallel programming skills. Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
