On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 12:58 AM, Keir Vaughan-Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > It require two lines in /dspace/config/modules/authentication-ldap.cfg > to be added. One line defining the ldap field that contains a users role > and one line that allocates the user to a group based on what the role > is. (Helix didn't like this scheme but he will come round eventually) > > e.g. > position_field = usydPersonEntitlement > groupMapping_field = staff:access,enrolled:access
Umm, I only wanted to reply to this one part right now. We already have mapping of groups specified by a LDAP attribute to DSpace groups since DSpace 4: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/blob/dspace-4_x/dspace/config/modules/authentication-ldap.cfg#L158 Sorry, it's late here now and I might be missing something, so correct me if your approach does something different. Regards, ~~helix84 Compulsory reading: DSpace Mailing List Etiquette https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Mailing+List+Etiquette ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121054471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech List Etiquette: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Mailing+List+Etiquette
