External Role/User

[rkm258]

Hi,

   Just wondering in what ways are External Users/Roles different from internal. I didnot find many difference other that certain user details which are not editable from the JasperServer UI.

   Also what is the purpose of JIAuthenticationSynchronizer.

Thanks

Ram

[swood]

You can authenticate against an external service like LDAP. See http://jasperforge.org/plugins/mwiki/index.php/AuthenticationConfiguration?group_id=112

 

In this case, the JIAuthenticationSynchronizer creates a shadow "external" user in the JasperServer repository, so that JasperServer specific roles can be added. Every time the external user uses JasperServer, the roles in the external service are synchronized with those currently in JasperServer.

 

Sherman

Jaspersoft