Apache Roller and LDAP

[Glen Mazza]

Hi Team, I'm getting close to reactivating LDAP with Roller trunk 
(https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ROL-1987) -- I took a recent 
user's email configuration and updated it for the Spring Security 3 that 
Roller uses.  I plan on updating the security.xml with commented-out 
LDAP configuration to make it easier for users to switch to LDAP if they 
wish.

One issue is what should be done when a user is defined in the LDAP 
directory but not in the roller tables (userrole and rolleruser) e.g., a 
new employee who hasn't created his first blog yet.  The default role 
the code gives them ("register") indicates I should redirect them to the 
registration page (Register.jsp) where they fill out all information 
except password (Register.jsp is already coded to hide the password 
fields when SSO is activated.)  I think I'll do that, another option 
though is to skip the registration screen and just automatically 
populate the rolleruser and userrole tables with default info so the 
user can jump in and create his first blog without registering first.  I 
guess the former is the more robust solution, as it allows us to collect 
information possibly not available within the LDAP directory.

Regards,
Glen