[rt-users] Different authentication methods for different queues

[Lev Lafayette]

----- "Kevin Falcone" <falcone at bestpractical.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 05:17:58PM -0400, Andy Harrison wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 12:13 AM, Lev Lafayette <lev at vpac.org>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > We have our rt web interface behind https requiring authentication
> through LDAP.
> > >
> > > However we have certain queues that would like to provide
> outsiders (that is, people outside our LDAP) to connect to, preferably
> with a more limited interface. Their authentication could be through
> something like .htpassword
> > >
> > > Has anyone tried anything like this?
> > 
> > If you're achieving your ldap auth via the apache module, it will
> be
> > more difficult.  However, if you can use it, the
> > RT::Authen::ExternalAuth module will allow you to set up multiple
> > authentication sources.
> > 
> > http://wiki.bestpractical.com/view/ExternalAuth
> > 
> > I have it working using two ldap sources.
> 
> If you're using RT::Authen::ExternalAuth then you can just use
> internal RT accounts and the SelfService UI and configure your rights
> properly and you'll get the feature the original poster sounds like
> he
> was looking for.

I want to express my most sincere thanks to both Kevin and Andy for their 
assistance here; exactly what I was looking for.

All the best,

-- 
Lev Lafayette, Systems Administrator, Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing, lev at vpac.org
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