[CPS-users] How do i configure LDAP to work with CPS

Julien Anguenot ja at nuxeo.com
Thu Aug 3 02:48:43 CEST 2006


Did you check CPSLdapSetup  ? :
http://www.cps-project.org/sections/projects/cpsldapsetup

	J.


Damian Georgiou wrote:
> I have been playing around with this for quiet sometime and have been
> unable to come up with a solution
> 
> This is want i need to do.
> 
> 
> I need to authenticate all users of CPS with LDAP.
> 
> I need to manage Groups and Roles within LDAP - This is a requirement
> from Management as we have around 3000 users.
> 
> We have in Active Directory (AD), Users assigned to Groups. Each group
> is a business unit, ie: IT Services, Human Resources etc
> 
> I need to give these AD groups access to business unit specific workspaces.
> 
> eg: the IT Services AD group has access to the IT Services Workspace.
> 
> Business Units only have access to their workspace and not other
> business unit workspaces.
> 
> Roles need to be set up also using AD. Certain users within a group must
> have certain Privileges to a workspace.
> 
> eg: user called Sam has a Reviewer role, users Bruce, John  and James
> have Member roles and user Kate only has Reader role to the specific
> workspace / business unit they belong too.
> 
> Reader can only read content within the workspace. (not necessary but
> would be nice to have, providing you can revoke rights)
> Member: creates content
> Reviewer: Approves/Manages/Publishes content created by members in the
> Workspace
> 
> These roles will be created in AD, though i understand that all users
> get the Member role unless specified so i only need to create the
> Reviewer/Manager and Reader Roles?
> There will need to be a role type for each business unit also.
> 
> What is the mapping between AD and CPS in regards to Groups and Roles.
> do they need to be the same name or is there a mapping process?
> 
> Am i able to give a user from another business unit, access to a
> specific folder within another business units workspace?
> 
> i hope this is achievable
> 
> your time is most appreciated
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Damian
> 
> 
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