Thanks for the response, but I haven't found it useful. I tried LoginManager, but got a Header Error trying to unpack it. I tried GenericUserFolder, but get an error message trying to created a GUF Object (is it compatible with the latest ZOPE release?) and I'm not skilled enough yet to try and debug and edit a package like that. I couldn't identify anything else that seemed relevant. Has anyone accomplished the task of using an outside DB to provide ZOPE security at the file level? If so, what did you do? Thanks, David Woods University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Cornelis J. de Brabander ========================================== Department of Education, Leiden University P.O.Box 9555, NL-2300 RB Leiden +31 71 527 3422/3401 brabander@fsw.leidenuniv.nl ==========================================

-----Original Message----- From: zope-admin@zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of David Woods Sent: dinsdag 3 april 2001 23:45 To: zope@zope.org Subject: [ZOPE] User Database and ZOPE Security

Hello,

I have a site which uses a SQL-Server database to maintain usernames and passwords. This allows me to create pretty user interfaces to allow Teaching Assistants to create user accounts without having to learn ZOPE and which allows me a lot more control over the accounts they create. It also allows me to have greater control over the interface students use for logging in to our site. The students who then log in using these accounts are considered anonymous users by ZOPE.

I also have some videos on my site that, because of confidentiality issues, must be protected from unauthorized access. I use ZOPE security for this. When the students need to access the videos, they are left logging in twice.

My question is this: Is there a way to avoid having to have two separate sets of usernames and passwords? Specifically, is there a way to get ZOPE security to validate against my SQL-Server database instead of its internal acl-users database in allowing access to the videos? Are there utilities to accomplish this? Any suggestions?

Thanks, David Woods University of Wisconsin, Madison

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