[WebPub] Drupal and .htaccess

[Jeff Reed]

Hi,

 

DCAD can help define different roles, access privileges and implement Moria Group authentication for DUE.  Please contact me and we'll set up a time to discuss it further.

 

Regards,

 

-Jeff

 

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From: webpub-bounces at MIT.EDU [mailto:webpub-bounces at MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Anna B Klein
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 7:16 PM
To: webpub at MIT.EDU
Cc: abklein at MIT.EDU
Subject: [WebPub] Drupal and .htaccess

 

We are in the process of designing the new DUE website which will be implemented on Drupal. Currently,  a subsection of our site has restricted access which is controlled by a .htaccess.mit file in that directory. In the .htacces file, we include "<limit GET> require group" and the list of Athena groups that have access. So, in moving to Drupal, we can limit access through roles. However, someone must have an account in order to be assigned a role. Not all the people who are part of the Athena groups that need access to this part of our site will have accounts on our system. I am not talking about a small number of people, otherwise I would just add them. 

 

I am wondering if anyone has implemented something in Drupal that uses Athena groups to authenticate users. We will be using certificates to authenticate users so we will have their Kerberos IDs.  If a  person does not have a account on our system, I would like the system to use the Kerberos ID to check the Athena groups that have been designated for the page (or something like this).

 

Does anyone have an insight/code to share?

 

   Thanks!
     Anna

 

 

Anna Babbi Klein

Communications Officer

Office of the Dean for Undergraduate Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bldg 7-133

617-253-7364

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