topic ALfresco 3.2 Passthru and Account duplication in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-3-2-passthru-and-account-duplication/m-p/225818#M178948 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am using PassThru authentication </SPAN><BR /><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">authentication.chain=passthru1<img id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.png" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" />assthru</BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN>going through the local server</SPAN><BR /><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">passthru.authentication.useLocalServer=true</BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN>which is a member of the AD Domain.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN><SPAN>It is setup (with no extra specifications) so I can authenticate as user or as </SPAN><A class="jive-link-email-small" href="mailto:user@domain.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">user@domain.com</A><SPAN>.</SPAN></SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN><SPAN>If I authenticate both ways in Alfresco, two different accounts will be created.&nbsp; One for user and the other for </SPAN><A class="jive-link-email-small" href="mailto:user@domain.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">user@domain.com</A><SPAN>.</SPAN></SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>It occurs to me that I could probably create a third account domain\user.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is there a config in Alfresco I can set to keep this from happening or should try a different authentication schema?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I think ldap could keep this from happening, but I want to be able to use CIFS too so ldap is out of the picture.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:27:28 GMT pbkoob 2009-07-10T16:27:28Z ALfresco 3.2 Passthru and Account duplication https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-3-2-passthru-and-account-duplication/m-p/225818#M178948 I am using PassThru authentication authentication.chain=passthru1<IMG id="smileytongue" class="emoticon emoticon-smileytongue" src="https://migration33.stage.lithium.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.png" alt="Smiley Tongue" title="Smiley Tongue" />assthrugoing through the local serverpassthru.authentication.useLocalServer=truewhich is a member of the AD Domain.It is setup (with no extra specifications) so I can authenticate as user or as user@domain.com.If I authenticate both Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:27:28 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-3-2-passthru-and-account-duplication/m-p/225818#M178948 pbkoob 2009-07-10T16:27:28Z Re: ALfresco 3.2 Passthru and Account duplication https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-3-2-passthru-and-account-duplication/m-p/225819#M178949 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I don't know about duplicates management, but I advise you to use LDAP sync and you won't have that issue. LDAP is not out of the the picture, even if you want CIFS. I've been able to chain passthru for authentication and LDAP for the sync and it seems to work in all situations. I can login thru CIFS, FTP and of course Web. Have a look at the Wiki, there is an example on that kind of setup there: </SPAN><A href="http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Alfresco_Authentication_Subsystems#Example" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Alfresco_Authentication_Subsystems#Example</A><SPAN>. I have yet to completely test everything but so far so good.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:50:34 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-3-2-passthru-and-account-duplication/m-p/225819#M178949 fo1337 2009-07-10T20:50:34Z