Actually, I found the answer after looking through the Orion API last night at
home.
It can be done by mapping the UserManager to a user/group table.
Now that I have it working I am thinking of writing a tutorial on using the
DataSourceUserManager to submit to orionsupport.com
Thanks for the response!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christian Sell
> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 5:12 AM
> To: Orion-Interest
> Subject: Re: mapping a user to a group using DataSourceUserManager
>
>
> Russ,
>
> to my understanding, user/group-to-role mapping is done in
> orion-application.xml (orion deployment files). Principals.xml defines users
> and groups in a manner unrelated to J2EE roles and is thus comparable to the
> user base you have in any other datastore.
>
> regards,
> Christian
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Russ White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Orion-Interest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 4:57 PM
> Subject: mapping a user to a group using DataSourceUserManager
>
>
> > I have spent the morning looking through the archives and not really found
> what
> > I am looking for.
> >
> > I found that I can grab username and password from the
> DataSourceUserManager
> > just fine, but I have to map the user to a group manually still with
> > priciples.xml.
> >
> > If this is the only way to do this then it is a real drag, and really
> makes it
> > almost useless in my book.
> >
> > Is there any way for me to grab a user's group from DataSourceUserManager?
> > If so what is the property name?
> > If not what are my other options?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Russ
> >
> >
>
>
>
