getting override chaining files working in 3.2

[jriker1]

As some of you may have seen from my other posts, I basically have 3.2 working with the latest nightly build using Alfresco authentication.  I also have successfully got LDAP authentication working, but not the right way.  This is the last part of the puzzle and I can't figure it out.  Read the latest WIKI and believe I've followed it but no joy.  Basically if I edit directly the file in:

/srv/tomcat6/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/subsystems/Authentication/ldap/ldap-authentication.properties

it works.  If I do what I think I am supposed to for setting an authentication.chain value in the global properties file in the shared/classes folder, of ldap1:ldap and set the custom values in the below:

/srv/tomcat6/shared/classes/alfresco/extension/subsystems/Authentication/ldap/ldap1

in a file called ldap-authentication.properties or mychanges.properties it is not read in.  I know this because the logs show errors connecting to openldap.domain.com:389 which is in the WEB-INF ldap-authentication.properties file, not mine.  I even tried creating a default folder for ldap under the shared area per the WIKI but no joy.  If I could get this last piece working correctly it would be the final piece of the puzzle.

Thanks.

JR

[jriker1]

Figured this one sat long enough unanswered.  Should I assume no answer means the new subsystem is not working right when you want to extend it and that I'm doing everything right it just don't work?

JR

[carbs]

I'm having the same problem, it just never seems to work.

I followed the guide and the wiki (which is the same), I don't know if I'm missing something (I probably am) but I can't figure it out.

[mikef]

It looks like you've been trying this with a nightly/svn 3.2 build. Firstly, I'd recommend you move to the official 3.2 Community release http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Community_Edition_file_list

The authentication and chaining has be re-factored into subsystems for 3.2. I suggest you take a look at http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Alfresco_Authentication_Subsystems which provides details on how to configure using the new alfresco-global.properties file introduced with 3.2. This allows you to configure and chain your authentication subsystems using a single property file.

[carbs]

I'm pretty sure I have the release version of 3.2, I get the following at start-up.

Alfresco started (Community): Current version 3.2.0 (2039) schema 2019 - Installed version 3.2.0 (2039) schema 2019
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I have done a clean install, but it doesn't matter as by adding all the custom options I want into alfresco-global.properties and that seems to work fine.

Now I just have to sort out the LDAP sync, which was working in 3.0 but now doesn't with the same options (moved into alfresco-global.properties), but that is for another post 

[carbs]

Actually this is now a problem for me I need to customise the fileServer subsystem and it just doesn't work.

I used the linux tomcat bundle of 3.2 with a fresh install from scratch, any customisations I make, for example in tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/extension/subsystems/fileServers/default/default/custom-file-servers-context.xml (as per the example in the manual/wiki) just get ignored and the defaults from the war file are used.  I just want to add some extra cifs "shares" to particular spaces.

Is the bug refered to above in the version I am using (see above also) or am I just doing it wrong?

Thanks,
Mark

[gronfelt]

I have the same issue. The alfresco.log file tells me this:

18:53:18,757 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Starting 'Authentication' subsystem, ID: [managed, ldap1]
18:53:18,763 INFO  [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertyPlaceholderConfigurer] Loading properties file from class path resource [alfresco/alfresco-shared.properties]
18:53:18,764 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Startup of 'Authentication' subsystem, ID: [managed, ldap1] complete
18:53:18,764 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Starting 'Authentication' subsystem, ID: [managed, ldap2]
18:53:18,769 INFO  [org.alfresco.config.JndiPropertyPlaceholderConfigurer] Loading properties file from class path resource [alfresco/alfresco-shared.properties]
18:53:18,770 INFO  [org.alfresco.repo.management.subsystems.ChildApplicationContextFactory] Startup of 'Authentication' subsystem, ID: [managed, ldap2] complete
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But no authentication seems to work.

[lueders]

Hi all,

indeed the override doesn't seem to work…

if you rename the /tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/subsystems/Authentication/ldap/ldap-authentication.properties
and customize your own /tomcat/shared/classes/alfresco/subsystems/Authentication/ldap/ldap-authentication.properties
ldap auth works great.

doing the same with the properties files in /data/Alfresco/tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/subsystems/Authentication/passthru
will get CIFS working.

Since I got a Zimbra openldap server, my next goal is to get sync working again. In Alfresco Labs 3.1, I added all extra Zimbra attributes (postal address, company, etc) to the xml & properties files and got them sync'd too!

hmmm… I wonder whether there is an alfresco-shared.properties file for sync control …

regards
Ralf

[gronfelt]

The suggestion above will unfortunately not help me, since I need to chain several ldap configurations authenticating against different domains.

Apparantly either this functionality or the documentation is broken. I've filed an issue report in the JIRA and I hope that someone from Alfresco will be able to confirm whether this is a bug or not.

[lueders]

ok.. you want a chain like ldap1:ldap,ldap2:ldap,ldap3:ldap 

I didn't try that.
Do you have a hint for me how to enable auth/sync debugging in log4j.properties?

Thanks
Ralf