[Coursework-help] Help with LDAP login/authentication in CVS HEAD

[Mumit K. <mu...@br...>]

Dear all,

Is it possible to use an LDAP server to authenticate against existing 
users and a database for ones that do not exist in our LDAP server? Our 
LDAP server is basically a migration from legacy YP/NIS (aided the PADL 
migration tools), so you can imagine what the schema looks like. We 
would like our students/staff/faculty to be able to use Coursework 
without having to do anything extra, and have the guest users register 
themselves in a database.

I have 3.0RC1 working in the "old" mode, against a database (by editing 
security.properties as suggested in an earlier email to the list), but 
can't get authentication in CVS HEAD working at all.

I'm a complete newbie at this, so any help would be terrific in 
pointing out what I should be looking at. I have a rough idea about 
JAAS (from Sun's docs), but that's not helping much in deciphering 
Cambridge's current authentication modules.

Regards,
Mumit