I believe web2py can act as a CAS authentication server. If you CMS does CAS then you're good. Maybe an easier place to start is to figure what CMSes out there can authenticate against CAS.
2011/1/15 Kenneth Lundström <kenneth.t.lundst...@gmail.com> > I was thinking about using web2py as the authentication platform as it > holds the members database. Or then a LDAP that gets it information from > members database. > > The intranet will hold a lot of information that should be visible on the > website via the CMS. Either lots of small info (names, telephone numbers) or > maybe whole pages. Could iframe be a way of displaying data from web2y on a > webpage? > > > Kenneth > > > > > This kind of information is often stored in a corporate directory using >> something called LDAP. I am not sure of the size of your company but it >> sounds like it is large enough to consider this solution. There is OpenLDAP >> on Linux or Active Directory on Microsoft which perform this task as >> concrete examples of product. The web2py server has a contrib module for >> using LDAP authentication which is documented in the manual. Check if your >> CMS is capable of this as well. >> >> The web2py server has a very diverse set of authentication mechanisms such >> as SMTP server login etc. This would get you username and password in one >> location but not a hierarchy or org chart. >> >> Since the choice of CMS is unknown at this point it is difficult to tell >> if it is open enough to be able to refer to tables in the web2py portion of >> the infrastructure. >> >> A couple of ideas, >> Ron >> > >
