It can. http://web2py.com/cas
On Jan 15, 9:13 am, David Bain <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe web2py can act as a CAS authentication server. If you CMS does CAS > then you're good. Maybe an easier place to start is to figure what CMSes out > there can authenticate against CAS. > > 2011/1/15 Kenneth Lundström <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > I was thinking about using web2py as the authentication platform as it > > holds the members database. Or then a LDAP that gets it information from > > members database. > > > The intranet will hold a lot of information that should be visible on the > > website via the CMS. Either lots of small info (names, telephone numbers) or > > maybe whole pages. Could iframe be a way of displaying data from web2y on a > > webpage? > > > Kenneth > > > This kind of information is often stored in a corporate directory using > >> something called LDAP. I am not sure of the size of your company but it > >> sounds like it is large enough to consider this solution. There is OpenLDAP > >> on Linux or Active Directory on Microsoft which perform this task as > >> concrete examples of product. The web2py server has a contrib module for > >> using LDAP authentication which is documented in the manual. Check if your > >> CMS is capable of this as well. > > >> The web2py server has a very diverse set of authentication mechanisms such > >> as SMTP server login etc. This would get you username and password in one > >> location but not a hierarchy or org chart. > > >> Since the choice of CMS is unknown at this point it is difficult to tell > >> if it is open enough to be able to refer to tables in the web2py portion of > >> the infrastructure. > > >> A couple of ideas, > >> Ron
