Neil,

I don't think there is any real experience using mod_auth_cas with either
itk or ruid2.  Any suggestions on better model for file-based session state
storage when using itk?

-Matt

On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Neil Sabol <nssa...@unm.edu> wrote:

>  Good day CAS users,
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> I hope you are all well.
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> Quick question – are any of you successfully and securely using
> mod_auth_cas for Apache with mpm_itk or mod_ruid2? I’m thinking this may be
> a bad idea and is sparsely documented for that reason…
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> Mod_auth_cas creates cookies with the user/group identity dictated by
> mpm_itk (instead of the web server’s identity) – thus, if CASCookiePath is
> only writeable by the webserver’s identity, mod_auth_cas fails:
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> [error] MOD_AUTH_CAS: Could not create cache metadata file
> 'XXX/XXX/.metadata': Permission denied
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> [error] [client XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX] MOD_AUTH_CAS: Cookie file
> 'XXX/XXX/cookie' could not be created: Permission denied
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> I’ve got it working but it required making the CASCookiePath world
> read/writable which is bad.
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> I appreciate any guidance or lessons learned that you can offer.
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> Thank you in advance,
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> -Neil
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