topic What happens to existing user accounts, when AD authentication is added later? in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/what-happens-to-existing-user-accounts-when-ad-authentication-is/m-p/281570#M234700 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>we are currently testing Alfresco Community 4.2.0 (4576). </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I wonder:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If I create user accounts in Alfresco "by hand" first and then later implement the authentication via Active Directory (LDAP), what will happen to the existing user accounts which were created by hand?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>for example:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I have created sites, documents, etc. in Alfrseco with my account "user1".</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>In the Active Directory however, my user name is "jsmith".</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Now, when we implement the AD authentication, I have 2 accounts "user1" and "jsmith".</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>* Would it be possible to merge the 2 (maybe even automatically by comparing e-mail-adresses or names)?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>* What happens, when the same user name exists in AD and in Alfresco already?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is there a tutorial handling such questions anywhere available?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks a lot and kind regards</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>mbe</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 22 May 2013 12:33:05 GMT mbe 2013-05-22T12:33:05Z What happens to existing user accounts, when AD authentication is added later? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/what-happens-to-existing-user-accounts-when-ad-authentication-is/m-p/281570#M234700 Hi,we are currently testing Alfresco Community 4.2.0 (4576). I wonder:If I create user accounts in Alfresco "by hand" first and then later implement the authentication via Active Directory (LDAP), what will happen to the existing user accounts which were created by hand?for example:I have created si Wed, 22 May 2013 12:33:05 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/what-happens-to-existing-user-accounts-when-ad-authentication-is/m-p/281570#M234700 mbe 2013-05-22T12:33:05Z Re: What happens to existing user accounts, when AD authentication is added later? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/what-happens-to-existing-user-accounts-when-ad-authentication-is/m-p/281571#M234701 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Alfresco supports chained authentication so you can have the local users and AD or LDAP users as well. The order of evaluation can be set. Have a look at the wiki </SPAN><A href="http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Alfresco_Authentication_Subsystems" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Alfresco_Authentication_Subsystems</A><SPAN> for further information.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>It may help you with your problem.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Cheers, Sasquatch</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 23 May 2013 10:11:51 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/what-happens-to-existing-user-accounts-when-ad-authentication-is/m-p/281571#M234701 sasquatch58 2013-05-23T10:11:51Z