Hi Timothy, > I'm interested in hearing about any alternatives to the current > authentication mechanisms in CouchDB. In particular, I'd like to bypass the > _users database to base authentication and access control on existing > directories of user and group information (LDAP, Kerberos, or what-have-you). > Any experience out there?
For LDAP authentification in CouchDB you should have a look at: https://github.com/chao/couchdb/wiki I think it already works on Ubuntu but Chao needs some help to get it work on other platforms. Regards, Aurélien
