[ZOPE] User Database and ZOPE Security

[Cornelis J. de Brabander]

http://www.zope.org/Products/user_management

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