David,
You should be able to handle the login part of this by constructing a form 
(outside of the VCL application) like this:

<form method=“POST” action=“https://vcl.myinstitution.edu/index.php”>
  <input type=“text” name=“userid”>
  <input type=“password” name=“password”>
  <input type=“hidden” name=“mode” value=“submitLogin”>
  <input type=“submit” name=“submit” value=“Login”>
</form>

You can take a look at how NCSU handles this at: https://vcl.ncsu.edu


For block allocations, any user can request a block reservation, but an admin 
typically needs to approve it before it can go into effect. You can manage who 
is able to approve block reservations by going to the “Privileges” menu, and 
then selecting “Additional User Permissions”. Select the appropriate user 
group, and select the corresponding checkboxes. I don’t believe that you can 
block users from seeing the “block allocation” menu option.

Aaron



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Aaron Coburn
System Administrator / Programmer
Web Services, Amherst College




On Dec 2, 2013, at 8:47 AM, David DeMizio 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

Hello,

I'm looking to make the default login page  automatically redirect users to our 
NCF ldap login page instead of the default drop down which contains Local or 
NCF login. I'm aware that if a user chooses "remember my selection" that next 
time that user will automatically be presented with the preferred method of 
authentication. It looks like utils.php is handling this but I just wanted to 
get some advice as to the best way to handle this while keeping in mind that I, 
as the admin, will want to log in with the local admin account. My other 
question is we are thinking of removing the block allocation option from 
regular end users but it must be present when the local admin logs in(so I can 
create the allocation once the professors put in a request via our help desk 
system) what 's the best way to handle that?


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