Kris, thanks for the sample...this may help us...we are in the middle of upgrading our ezproxy to I believe version 5.2
Curtis On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Borchers, Kristopher C. <[email protected]> wrote: > Curtis, > > We use EZProxy with CAS and had a similar problem understanding how EZProxy > was getting group information. What we ended up doing was using CAS to > handle authentication and used an external script to handle group membership > checking. > > We are on EZProxy 5.1. > > My config in user.txt is: > > ::CAS,File=scriptFile.txt > LoginURL https://[Our CAS login URL] > ServiceValidateURL https://[Our CAS service validate URL] > /CAS > > Then in scriptFile.txt which you put in the same directory as user.txt, you > set it up similar to the info on > http://www.oclc.org/us/en/support/documentation/ezproxy/usr/external.htm > > Ours looks like: > ::External=https://[Link to your script file],post=user=^u,valid=+OK > > This posts the user name only, not the password to the script and since our > group membership is handled by Active Directory, I check AD for this user's > group membership and then either write out "+OK" if I have determined that > this person may access the system or anything else will deny them access. > > HTH, > Kris > > Kristopher Borchers > Web Application Developer - Content Analyst > Saint Xavier University > Ph. 773-298-3924 > [email protected] > www.sxu.edu > > Saint Xavier University - Success with Purpose. > > Saint Xavier University, a Catholic institution inspired by the heritage of > the Sisters of Mercy, educates men and women to search for truth, to think > critically, to communicate effectively, and to serve wisely and > compassionately in support of human dignity and the common good. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Curtis Garman [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 1:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [cas-user] Casifying Exproxy > > Just wondering how many people are using ezproxy with cas? I'm looking > at configuring it to authenticate with cas. I read the following > document at > http://www.oclc.org/us/en/support/documentation/ezproxy/usr/cas.htm > and am a bit confused where their group information is coming from. > > -- > Curtis Garman > Web Programmer > Heartland Community College > > -- > You are currently subscribed to [email protected] as: [email protected] > To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see > http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/cas-user > > > -- > You are currently subscribed to [email protected] as: > [email protected] > To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see > http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/cas-user > > -- Curtis Garman Web Programmer Heartland Community College -- You are currently subscribed to [email protected] as: [email protected] To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/cas-user
