Hi Martin,
> In the end we're going with a custom servlet Filter which will use the
> enterprise directory service to determine the roles for the user provided
> in the request header. The roles will be injected into a request header
> for use by the HTTP Header Authentication module [1][2] with a Role Source
> "Request Header".
>
> If you see any issues with this concept please advise!
>
> No issues. That's exactly the purpose of Role Source "Request Header".
>
> [1]
> http://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/security/tutorials/httpheaderproxy/index.html#configure-the-http-header-filter
> [2]
> http://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/security/usergrouprole/rolesource.html#using-an-http-header-attribute
>
> PS it wasn't totally clear to me from the docs above how to set the header
> attribute name for roles. It would be good to mention in [1] that the role
> header name is entered by choosing "Request Header" under Role source, and
> also be a bit more explicit about the configuration UI in [2]. (I know, I
> know - make a PR for this!)
>
Yes, a PR would be awesome :-).
Regards,
Mauro
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