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external authentication

lbarth — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 15:54:23 GMT

Hi,I'm quite new to Alfresco, I use alfresco-5.0.c.If I use Alfresco I'll have to use an external authentication.I read in the documentation (http://docs.alfresco.com/5.0/tasks/adminconsole-directorymgt-external.html) I have to 'Open the Admin Console'.I found in "Launching the Admin Console" (http:

Re: external authentication

mrogers — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 16:11:52 GMT

You are trying to use an enterprise only extension. It does not exist on community.

Re: external authentication

lbarth — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 09:02:45 GMT

Thanks a lot, maybe it should be mentionned in the docs.

Regards,
Lionel

Re: external authentication

mrogers — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:53:55 GMT

It is on the parent document. However I agree it is not clear so I've given feedback for the docs team.

On alfresco community you would configure external authentication via settings in your alfresco-global.properties file. In particular by adding external authentication to the authentication chain.