r4597 - trunk/docs/user

daigle at ecoinformatics.org daigle at ecoinformatics.org
Wed Nov 19 16:48:24 PST 2008 

Author: daigle
Date: 2008-11-19 16:48:24 -0800 (Wed, 19 Nov 2008)
New Revision: 4597

Modified:
   trunk/docs/user/metacatconfigure.html
Log:
Change references to LDAP to be Auth

Modified: trunk/docs/user/metacatconfigure.html
===================================================================
--- trunk/docs/user/metacatconfigure.html	2008-11-20 00:47:55 UTC (rev 4596)
+++ trunk/docs/user/metacatconfigure.html	2008-11-20 00:48:24 UTC (rev 4597)
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@
   <div class="toc1"><a href="#Overview">Overview</a></div>
       <div class="toc2"><a href="#MetacatConfiguration">Metacat Configuration</a></div> 
       <div class="toc2"><a href="#ConfigurationRules">Configuration Rules</a></div>
-  <div class="toc1"><a href="#LdapConfig">LDAP Configuration</a></div>
-      <div class="toc2"><a href="#LdapOverview">LDAP Overview</a></div> 
-      <div class="toc2"><a href="#GetToLdapConfig">Getting to the LDAP Configuration</a></div> 
-      <div class="toc2"><a href="#ConfigLdapNoAuth">Changing LDAP Configuration Without Authentication</a></div>
+  <div class="toc1"><a href="#authConfig">Authentication Configuration</a></div>
+      <div class="toc2"><a href="#AuthOverview">Authentication Overview</a></div> 
+      <div class="toc2"><a href="#GetToAuthConfig">Getting to the Authentication Configuration</a></div> 
+      <div class="toc2"><a href="#ConfigAuthNoAuth">Changing Authentication Configuration Without Authentication</a></div>
   <div class="toc1"><a href="#AdminLogin">Admin Log In</a></div>
     <div class="toc2"><a href="#AdminLoginOverview">Admin Log In</a></div>
     <div class="toc2"><a href="#LoggingIn">Logging In</a></div>
@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@
   
   <ul>
     <li>
-      Is LDAP Configured? If not, show 
-      <a HREF="metacatconfigure.html#ldap-config">LDAP Configuration Section</a>.  
-      You will need to have LDAP configured in order to define administrative accounts
-      and authenticate as one of these users via LDAP.
+      Is Authentication Configured? If not, show 
+      <a HREF="metacatconfigure.html#auth-config">Authentication Configuration Section</a>.  
+      You will need to have authorizaiton configured in order to define administrative accounts
+      and authenticate as one of these users.
     </li>
     <li>
       Are you logged in as an administrative user?  If not, show 
@@ -128,35 +128,37 @@
   <p> See the following sections for descriptions of how each of these work.  For more
   information on each field, click on the blue question mark icon to the right.</p>
 
-<a name="LdapConfig"></a><div class="header1">LDAP Configuration</div>
-<a name="LdapOverview"></a><div class="header2">LDAP Overview</div>
-  <p>Metacat uses LDAP as it's primary authentication mechanism.  The three main
-  values needed are LDAP URL, LDAP Secure URL and Metacat Administrators.  You need 
-  to verify that the the LDAP URL and LDAP Secure URL are correct (fig 1).  
-  <span class="emphasis">You need to make sure that your LDAP user 
-  account is entered into the MetaCat Administrators field.  You will not be allowed
+<a name="AuthConfig"></a><div class="header1">Authentication Configuration</div>
+<a name="AuthOverview"></a><div class="header2">Authentication Overview</div>
+  <p>Metacat uses LDAP as it's primary authentication mechanism, but you can define
+  your own mechanism by creating a java class that implements 
+  AuthInterface. The configuration values needed are Authentication Class, Authentication URL, 
+  Authentication Secure URL and Metacat Administrators.  You need 
+  to verify that the the Authentication URL and Authentication Secure URL are correct (fig 1).  
+  <span class="emphasis">You need to make sure that your user 
+  account is entered into the Metacat Administrators field.  You will not be allowed
   to continue with configuration if this is missing.</span>
 
-  <img class="screenshot" src="./images/ldap-config.png"/>
+  <img class="screenshot" src="./images/auth-config.png"/>
   <div class="fig-text"> fig 1 </div>
 
-<a name="GetToLdapConfig"></a><div class="header2">Getting to the LDAP Configuration</div>
-  <p>You will automatically be sent to the LDAP Configuration page if this is a new
+<a name="GetToAdminConfig"></a><div class="header2">Getting to the Authentication Configuration</div>
+  <p>You will automatically be sent to the Authentication Configuration page if this is a new
   installation or upgrade.</p>
   
-  <p>You can also get to the LDAP configuration from a running Metacat by typing:</p>
+  <p>You can also get to the Administrative configuration from a running Metacat by typing:</p>
   <div class="code">&lt;your_context_url&gt;/admin</div>
   <p>You will be required to log in as an administrator and restart Metacat once you
   make changes.</p>
   
-  <a name="ConfigLdapNoAuth"></a><div class="header2">Changing LDAP Configuration Without Authentication</div>
+  <a name="ConfigAuthNoAuth"></a><div class="header2">Changing Authentication Configuration Without Authentication</div>
   <p>There is one exception to the log in rule.  That is when you need to change or add 
-  LDAP information, but you can't authenticate using the existing setup.  For example:</p>
+  authentication information, but you can't authenticate using the existing setup.  For example:</p>
   
   <ul>
     <li>The existing Metacat administrator is no longer available</li>
     <li>You forgot the administrator password.</li>
-    <li>The configured LDAP urls are unavailable and you need to configure new ones.</li>  
+    <li>The configured authentication urls are unavailable and you need to configure new ones.</li>  
   </ul>
   
   <p>In this case, you will need to edit the Metacat configuration file by hand and
@@ -180,7 +182,7 @@
   
 <a name="AdminLogin"></a><div class="header1">Admin Log In</div>
 <a name="AdminLoginOverview"></a><div class="header2">Admin Log In Overview</div>
-  <p>Once LDAP has been configured, you will be required to login as an 
+  <p>Once authentication has been configured, you will be required to login as an 
   administrative user if you haven't already.  You will be taken to 
   the administrator login screen (fig 2).  You can also get to the login
   screen by choosing the "log in as different user" link at the bottom of
@@ -191,19 +193,19 @@
 
 <a name="LoggingIn"></a><div class="header2">Logging In</div>
 <p>You need to log in with an account that was configured as an administrative
-user in the LDAP configuration section.  If you did not set up the correct user 
+user in the authentication configuration section.  If you did not set up the correct user 
 there, you will need to go through the 
-<a href="#ConfigLdapNoAuth">Changing LDAP Configuration Without Authentication</a>
+<a href="#ConfigAuthNoAuth">Changing Authentication Configuration Without Authentication</a>
 instructions to set up the user.</p>
 
-<p>Enter your user name.  This is the uid part of the ldap identifier that you 
-entered in LDAP configuration.  Select your organization, enter your password and
-hit enter.  You should successfully log in.</p>
+<p>Enter your user name.  This is one of the Metacat administrators that you 
+entered in authenticationuthentication configuration.  Enter your password and
+hit the "Login" button.  You should successfully log in.</p>
 
 <a name="MainConfig"></a><div class="header1">Main Configuration Page</div>
 <a name="MainConfigOverview"></a><div class="header2">Main Configuration Overview</div>
   <p>The main configuration screen acts as a gateway into individual configuration
-  sections (fig 3).  You should see that the LDAP is already configured.</p>  
+  sections (fig 3).  You should see that the authentication is already configured.</p>  
   
   <p>Each section is listed with a status to the left which can be one of:</p>
   <ul>

More information about the Metacat-cvs mailing list