[Solved] HomeFolder - one4all - how?

[mfischer]

Hi, i got Alfresco 3.2r CE working on Ubuntu Server 8.04 after a lot of work and pain. It is authentifying the users against a 2003 Active Directory (passthru) and syncs its users and groups via ldap-ad.

Now i want to set an existing folder as default home folder for all users automatically if they log in the first time. ATM for every user a new folder is being created under /Company Home/User Homes which i want to prevent.

And if i change the home folder of an existing user, it would be renamed to the respective username, how can i prevent this?

Any help would be appreciated.

[mfischer]

I got a solution in the german Alfresco forum (Gemeinsamer Ordner als Home für alle User😞

1. In Alfresco Web Client create a folder, e.g. "Welcome" under "/Company Home".

2. In filesystem create the file "custom-authentication-services-context.xml" in "shared/classes/alfresco/extension/" which contains the following:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC '-//SPRING//DTD BEAN//EN' 'http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd'>
<beans>
    <bean name="myHomeFolderProvider" class="org.alfresco.repo.security.person.ExistingPathBasedHomeFolderProvider" parent="baseHomeFolderProvider">
        <property name="path">
           <value>/${spaces.company_home.childname}/cm:Welcome</value>
        </property>
        <property name="storeUrl">
           <value>${spaces.store}</value>
        </property>
    </bean>
</beans>
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3. Change "ldap.synchronization.defaultHomeFolderProvider" in "shared/classes/alfresco-global.properties":

ldap.synchronization.defaultHomeFolderProvider=myHomeFolderProvider
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4. Restart Alfresco/Tomcat

New (!) users will now getting this folder "/Company Home/Welcome" as a common HomeFolder 4all. Of course it should be possible to change the HomeFolder-Property for a single user via admin control panel to another Location, where this user can manage its own stuff.

As i understand, you can manage the folder permissions inside of Alfresco via the respective options or with additional code in the above XML file, take a look at the Wiki: http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Security_Services#Creating_home_spaces_-_from_1.4_onwards (the part with the "ExistingPathBasedHomeFolderProvider").

Regards,
Mario

PS: thx to Steffen for showing me this way