I think OfBiz can be configured to authenticate against an LDAP directory. That might be a better option. Can someone confirm OfBiz LDAP integration?
----- Original Message ----- From: "BJ Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 7:13:21 PM (GMT-0700) America/Denver Subject: Re: using ofbiz as an authentication store for a webapp? you will probably have to look at using SOAP to connect. but if you going to use ofbiz for authentication there is a lot of traffic for each request made. At least that is my understanding. I think if is a lot of overhead for just authenticating. But other may give you a different perspective. ryan sent the following on 2/11/2008 5:47 PM: > Thanks, but maybe my question wasn't clear - or maybe I'm just confused > - I have an external webapp, currently using jaas/j2ee - connected to > ldap - I'd like to switch that to using the account store in ofbiz, but > the app will still be external to ofbz - ie the framework won't be > available - or am I missing something somewhere else? > > regards, > -Ryan > > BJ Freeman wrote: >> you can use the framework. I have seen many that seem to have figured it >> out. >> >> ryan sent the following on 2/11/2008 5:25 PM: >> >>> Has anyone got an example of using the accounts created/stored in ofbiz >>> for authentication in another webapp (outside of the ofbiz tomcat)? >>> >>> regards, >>> -Ryan >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > >
