topic Re: Can we maintain our own user list in Alfresco Archive

Can we maintain our own user list

ashok — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 19:04:19 GMT

Hi Jeff,I want to customize alfresco in such a manner that, we will maintain our own user list in database to give access to users. Is it possible?thankyou

Re: Can we maintain our own user list

jpotts — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 19:06:38 GMT

This does not require a customization. You can use an LDAP directory to manage your users out-of-the-box and simply configure Alfresco to point to the LDAP directory.

If you literally want to use a database instead of an LDAP directory that is a customization. You might take a look at the authentication providers that ship with the product to see how they work and then use those as a pattern to follow for your new custom one.

Jeff

Re: Can we maintain our own user list

mandalinaveen — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 16:29:58 GMT

Hi Jeff,

We are developing a custom java web application and we are planning to use Alfresco for content management and workflow. So is it possible for us to use the custom web application database as user database for alfresco authentication.

Thanks,
Naveen.

Re: Can we maintain our own user list

mrogers — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 22:14:09 GMT

Yes just expose your custom database over ldap.

Failing that you will need to write an authentication component for your custom database.