[Koha] Koha 2.2.9 (win32) -- cookies and authentication

[Jesse Weaver]

On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Scott Owen <sowen at edzone.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
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> First: Please forgive my ignorance.....I'm not a programmer....and I may
> be biting off more than I can chew ......
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> Is there a (easy) way to pass authentication information to Koha ??
> Or.....a way to have/make Koha generate a session cookie based on
> external information? Or maybe change the way cookies are generated/issued?
>
> I've been trying to figure out a way for my users (k-12 students) to use
> the same login/password in Koha as they do everywhere else.
> We use Novell NDS/LDAP as our main authentication mechanism.
>
> I have a basic PHP/Perl login script (
> http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tools/14122.html) that can return
> basic information like:
> ******************************
> Bind result is: 1
> 1 entries returned
> Login Successful - Welcome Test Student
> Here you could add sessions or cookies to verify the person has logged
> in with the corect UserName and Password.
>
> *Title:*
> *Sur Name:*     Student
> *Given Name:*   Test
> *E-Mail:*
>
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> I have tried using the Auth_With_ldap.pm but have been unable to get it
> to work  :-(  and decided to try this approach instead.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> -Scott Owen
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What specific problem are you having with Auth_with_ldap.pm? Figuring out
the problem with that might be easier than hacking the main authentication
code. :)

-- 
Jesse Weaver
Software Developer, LibLime
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