Can this module be used to pass the login and password information of a user to an external "https://www.example.edu/login.cfm"? My school has an https set up, and I just need to know true or false if the user and password match, then create a new drupal user.

Alternatively, my school also has a "www-proxy.example.edu:8080" That requires authentication off campus, so it could work as well.

I just installed the module and I haven't had a chance to read through the docs and issue que yet. But if someone already knows the answer, I'd appreciate it!

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Ariesto’s picture

Priority: Minor » Normal

This actually is a big issue for me, so I bumped it from minor to normal.

kswan’s picture

This module doesn't do any authentication. It just allows you to use the authentication that your webserver handles.

You should look at the authentication options for your webserver provides. I would assume that your proxy and the site login are actually authenticating to an ActiveDirectory or other LDAP server. If that is the case, you can set up your server to do the same thing.

Ariesto’s picture

Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

Thanks for your thoughts. I decided to tackle this problem from a different approach than my authentication idea above.