A single authentication model has been developed for all users. The aim is to enable access via a single username and password to all campus services. This username is currently used for validation for access to personal filestore, email services, printing services, and dialup services and is being extended to control access to various intranet web services and access to online course materials. Developers can utilise this validation model via a standard LDAP interface.
New users can register via public clusters or the web.
The service definition provides details of the scope of the service and should be useful to support groups and system developers. The following links give examples of the use of .htaccess files within the web farm to control access to web pages by category of user. If you succeed in authentication, the source of the .htaccess files will appear. Full documentation of the use of the LDAP authentication is also available. This documentation describes the implementation details and development plans for the LDAP project and registration system.