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1: Authenticate members in LAMS using an IMAP server
03/06/13 08:25 AM
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Hello,

I want to use an external IMAP server to authenticate users within my LAMS installation.
I don't want to have to register my students in LAMS when they are already registered in the IMAP server so I was wondering if there is a way I can do that.
I know LAMS offers LDAP and SMTP server connections, but i havent seen anything about IMAP so far.

Thank you all in advance!

Posted by Maria Zotou

2: Re: Authenticate members in LAMS using an IMAP server
In response to 1 03/07/13 06:45 AM
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Hi Maria,

Sorry, I don't think we have IMAP authentication support.

Ernie

Posted by Ernie Ghiglione

3: Re: Re: Authenticate members in LAMS using an IMAP server
In response to 2 03/07/13 08:14 AM
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Hi Enrie,

thank you for responding.

Do you know if there is a way I can achieve IMAP authentication support by adding code in the corresponding files of LAMS? I know what code to add but I dont know which files in LAMS I should configure.

Again thank you.

Maria

Posted by Maria Zotou

4: Re: Authenticate members in LAMS using an IMAP server
In response to 3 03/15/13 06:21 AM
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Hi Maria,

if you want to add your own authentication mechanism, you need to write a class similar to
org.lamsfoundation.lams.security.LDAPAuthenticator
found in lams_central.
Once you have this, you need to alter
org.lamsfoundation.lams.security.UniversalLoginModule
to use this authenticator. Either make it configurable or just hardcode it.
I am not sure if there are any caveats, but at first glance this should do the trick.

Posted by Marcin Cieslak

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