BW 3.7 Authentication and user accounts

Authentication and user accounts in Bedework

User accounts in Bedework are maintained either

• in the Apache DS ldap directory shipped with the Bedework Quickstart, or
• in your local enterprise directory.

You can perform authentication against either the Apache DS directory, your local directory, CAS, Shibboleth, or other service. If you plan on using a local service for authentication, please see Setting up authentication.

If you plan on using the Apache DS directory shipped with the quickstart, the information below explains how to add and edit user accounts in that system.

Using the Apache DS ldap directory shipped with the Bedework Quickstart

To add user accounts to the Apache DS ldap directory:

1. Open a console window and cd to the quickstart directory.
2. Set JAVA_HOME environment variable
3. Enter one of the following commands from the quickstart directory:
   • Linux:  bedework/build/quickstart/linux/adduser userid Firstname Lastname userid@mysite.edu password
   • Windows: bedework\build\quickstart\windows\adduser userid Firstname Lastname userid@mysite.edu password

Accessing the Apache DS Ldap Server

With Apache DS running, you can connect to the Apache DS server using the following settings (password = "secret"):

PASSWORD: secret

The example above uses the LDAP Browser/Editor by Jarek Gawor that is available  from http://www.novell.com/communities/node/8652/gawors-excellent-ldap-browsereditor-v282