Hi Jason, First of all, I want to thank you for your prompt and clear answers! Thanks!
> LDAP is a good candidate for this. It is a standard and fairly well > supported, so integrating third-party applications should be easier than > with a custom solution. I taught about it as well, but our application is completely self-contained and written in native Java. So if we choose LDAP as user base, we have to provide a (fully configured) LDAP server as well, because we can't make knowledge about LDAP a requirement for our product. It should work out-of-the-box. Our product is available for lots of platforms, so we have to find LDAP servers on all the platforms, or a fully implemented LDAP server in Java. As far as I know there aren't any java open source LDAP servers, except the JavaLDAP project of Clayton Donley (not finished) and the commercialization of it. > If you can store your user and role information in a location Slide > understands, that will make your life easier. Which locations does Slide understand? - LDAP (via JNDIPrincipalStore) - ... Thanks! David. -------------------------------------------------- Inventive Designers' Email Disclaimer: http://www.inventivedesigners.com/email-disclaimer
