From: Christian M. <chr...@os...> - 2013-06-28 06:19:03
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+1 here. The new GeoServer security subsystem has to settle down and due to my experience, most bug fixes / enhancements deserve to be backported. 2013/6/27 Mauro Bartolomeoli <mau...@ge...> > Hi everybody, > Forwarding a thread from the users list to the developers list. > > Summarizing: I would like to backport GEOS-5805 (improvements to LDAP > AuthenticationProvider to allow usage with ActiveDirectory servers) to > 2.3.x. I have currently tested it with a local Windows 2012 server and with > a customer that is testing the latest master nightly build with their > Windows 2008 server with good results (users are authenticated and roles > correctly assigned based on Windows group membership, following the > tutorial here: > http://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/security/tutorials/activedirectory/index.html > > > [Mauro] > >> >>> Yes, sure, and this is already done with GEOS-5805 on master (using the >>> new option bindBeforeGroupSearch), but that enhancement has not been >>> backported to 2.3.x yet (by the way, I was thinking to backport it, after >>> 2.3.3 is out, what do you think about that?). >>> >> >> [Andrea] > >> Sounds reasonable to me, but I'm not too familiar with the LDAP code, we >> should hear from Justin >> too, and ask on the geoserver-devel list just to make sure. >> Afaik you have been using the GEOS-5805 results on the stable series >> already (in a pre-production >> environment? or was it production?) and it's working fine, right? >> > > [Justin] > >>> All for the backport. The ldap code pre the changes was mauro wasn't > exactly rock solid :) I think these changes make it much more useful. +1 > and great work Mauro. > > So... other opinions? > > Mauro > > -- > == > Our support, Your Success! Visit http://opensdi.geo-solutions.it for more > information. > == > > Dott. Mauro Bartolomeoli > @mauro_bart > Senior Software Engineer > > GeoSolutions S.A.S. > Via Poggio alle Viti 1187 > 55054 Massarosa (LU) > Italy > phone: +39 0584 962313 > fax: +39 0584 1660272 > > http://www.geo-solutions.it > http://twitter.com/geosolutions_it > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Geoserver-devel mailing list > Geo...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel > > -- DI Christian Mueller MSc (GIS), MSc (IT-Security) OSS Open Source Solutions GmbH |