[Zope] zope and LDAP for authorisation

[Andrew Milton]

+-------[ J Cameron Cooper ]----------------------
| Marinussen, M.J. (Ria) wrote:
| 
| >>Hi,
| >>
| >>I'm looking for a zope product that enables me to use our Active
| >>Directory LDAP server for verification of login credentials only.
| >>I want users still stored in Zope, and access to directories should be
| >>also something I can handle in Zope, and I don't want to use LDAP groups
| >>because I don't control the LDAP server and there are no groups on the
| >>LDAP server I can use.
| >>
| >>So really, all I want is that Zope checks the passwords with the LDAP
| >>server instead of with it's own userfolder.
| >>And perhaps, a possibility to check/search for the available loginnames
| >>on the LDAP server when adding a user to the userfolder.

You can do this exUserFolder without too much drama.

The Require User item for the LDAP Auth Source allows you to specify an
attribute and a list of values. You can use uid (e.g.) and supply a list of
user ids.

-- 
Andrew Milton
akm at theinternet.com.au