Authentication against a 3rd-party User Directory

[fguillaume]

Hello,

We need to configure or extend Alfresco 2.2 so that it may authenticate users against a User Directory that isn't either LDAP or AD. This applicative User Directory stores information (username, password, role…) for all the client's custom applications. It has a Web Services interface and provide methods like

getAllGroups
getGroupsStartingWith(String pFilter)
isUserInUserDirectory(String pUsername, String pPassword).
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What is the most adapted way to modify the Alfresco's standard authentication mechanism so that it could:
- update the Alfresco inner groups and users on a periodic basis
- verify the password provided by the user against the User Directoy

Thank you for your support,

Guillaume

[andy]

Hi

You need to write your own AuthenticationComponent and a related DAO if you want to create, update and delete users.

Andy