Alfresco on Linux + Active Directory

[jdesto]

Hi All

I'm installing alfresco 1.0 rc1 over tomcat 5.5. My goal is the capability to log in alfresco using users/pass from the active directory that is on the same lan.

First, I installed samba 3, and joined the machine into the domain. In the smb.conf file there are the directives:
security = ads
realm = DOMAIN.NAME

and when I run:
net ads join -U admin

the machine joined the domain succesfully as I can see it from the "PDC" as an ordinary machine.

In the next step, I changed file-server.xml to look like this:

      <host name="${localname}_X" domain="DOMAIN"  />

But I get these complaints in catalina.out

08:50:48,336 ERROR [smb.protocol.netbios] Unknown OpCode 0x8
08:50:48,337 ERROR [smb.protocol.netbios] Unknown OpCode 0x8
08:50:48,337 ERROR [smb.protocol.netbios] Unknown OpCode 0x8
08:50:48,338 ERROR [smb.protocol.netbios] Unknown OpCode 0x8
08:50:48,338 ERROR [smb.protocol.netbios] Unknown OpCode 0x8


My only goal is do the login process with the users of the ADS, where can I change the "user's database" to fetch it from the ADS ?

Any suggestions ? thanks!

[gary_spencer]

Hi,

The enterprise version of Alfresco includes passthru authentication support that allows you to authenticate users by using a domain controller or other Windows server.

There are two parts, you can use NTLM logons in your web browser when accesing Alfresco rather than using the login page. Secondly, you can replace the built-in Alfresco user database and use passthru authentication.

Cheers

Gary