External CAS Authentication + guest access

[nikes]

Hello,


We are using 3.4.x version Yale CAS client for SSO.

Is Yale CAS client supported in Alfresco 4.x versions?

I see in documentation "External" subsystem is recommended for CAS SSO.

1) Does External subsystem provide guest login access to Alfresco Explorer and Share clients?

Thanks

[abarisone]

Hi,
even if it is not reported in Alfresco Supported Platforms compatibility matrix http://www.alfresco.com/services/subscription/supported-platforms, in our project we're using CAS 3.5.0 with Alfresco 4.0 without any problem.

<blockquote>1) Does External subsystem provide guest login access to Alfresco Explorer and Share clients?</blockquote>
No, when you try to access Alfresco login page CAS intercepts the call and ask you to provide username/password but you don't have any password for 'Guest'.
We created manually some 'operator' users useful for maintenance purposes.


Regards,
Andrea

[nikes]

Thanks for the response Andrea,

Our current implmentation uses YALE cas client, and custom Alfresco/Share filters which works fine with 3.4.3 but not then onwards.

Checking this devcon presentation:
https://devcon.alfresco.com/sanjose/sessions/unlocking-secrets-alfresco-authentication

It mentions no need to change web.xml, if so, then where to put CAS related properties?

Thanks in advance for further help.