What happens to existing user accounts, when AD authentication is added later?

[mbe]

Hi,

we are currently testing Alfresco Community 4.2.0 (4576).

I wonder:

If I create user accounts in Alfresco "by hand" first and then later implement the authentication via Active Directory (LDAP), what will happen to the existing user accounts which were created by hand?

for example:
I have created sites, documents, etc. in Alfrseco with my account "user1".
In the Active Directory however, my user name is "jsmith".

Now, when we implement the AD authentication, I have 2 accounts "user1" and "jsmith".

* Would it be possible to merge the 2 (maybe even automatically by comparing e-mail-adresses or names)?

* What happens, when the same user name exists in AD and in Alfresco already?

Is there a tutorial handling such questions anywhere available?

Thanks a lot and kind regards

mbe

[sasquatch58]

Alfresco supports chained authentication so you can have the local users and AD or LDAP users as well. The order of evaluation can be set. Have a look at the wiki http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Alfresco_Authentication_Subsystems for further information.
It may help you with your problem.
Cheers, Sasquatch