Hi Stuart
I've managed to figure out how to get your code working. Staff and students
are now automatically being added to special groups in DSpace.
When I get the time I'll add the process I followed to my DSpace blog.
Thanks very much indeed :D
Clive
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:32 AM, Stuart Lewis <s.le...@auckland.ac.nz>wrote:
> Hi Clive,
>
> Try replacing the code in the getSpcialGroups method in
> [dspace-src]/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/authenticate/DAPHierarchicalAuthentication.java
> with the following:
>
> public int[] getSpecialGroups(Context context, HttpServletRequest request)
> {
> try
> {
> if (!context.getCurrentUser().getNetid().equals(""))
> {
> Group staffGroup = Group.findByName(context, "all-staff");
> Group studentsGroup = Group.findByName(context, "all-students");
>
> // Does the username start with a '1'?
> if ((studentsGroup != null) &&
> (context.getCurrentUser().getNetid().startsWith("1")))
> {
> // Add them to the students group
> return new int[] { studentsGroup.getID() };
> }
> else if (staffGroup != null)
> {
> // Add them to the staff group
> return new int[] { staffGroup.getID() };
> }
> }
> }
> catch (Exception npe) {
> // The user is not an LDAP user, so we don't need to worry about
> them
> }
> return new int[0];
> }
>
> Hopefully this should work. You may wish to change the group names which
> are set in the code to be 'all-staff' and 'all-students'.
>
>
>
> Stuart Lewis
> Digital Services Programmer
> Te Tumu Herenga The University of Auckland Library
> Auckland Mail Centre, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
> Ph: 64 9 373-7599 x81928
> http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/
>
>
>
>
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