[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Best practices for staff client usernames

[Remington Steed]

Another option is to use the Authentication Proxy service of Evergreen to login your staff through your institutional authentication.  A sample authentication mechanism for LDAP is included and can be configured in opensrf.xml.  To use it, you would create Evergreen usernames that match your staff's usernames in LDAP, and then those users would login to the Evergreen client using their LDAP username and password (rather than a new Evergreen password).  This service was added in Evergreen 2.2.  Documentation can be found here:

http://docs.evergreen-ils.org/2.6/_authentication_proxy.html

Remington

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Remington Steed
Electronic Resources Specialist
Hekman Library, Calvin College
http://library.calvin.edu/

From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Sams
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 11:20 AM
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Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Best practices for staff client usernames

We have a few libraries that setup a separate shared account specifically for creating reports and sharing with the rest of the group.  As far as output is concerned, if it is really important I make a habit of saving a copy to an accessible location for those that might need the information.


Thanks,
Geoff Sams
Interim Library Manager
Roanoke Public Library
817-491-2691

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Hi,

My new director was asking my opinion on usernames and passwords for staff. I am of two minds - I would like more personalized usernames for accountability reasons, but I also recognize things like reports are tied to usernames and it is easier just to change the password when people leave instead of setting up a new user from scratch. We also have only one username for substitutes (by branch) and this can get a bit confusing.

Any opinions?

Thanks,

Deana

Deana Cunningham
Branch Manager, South Branch Library
1550 S. Campus Dr.
Creedmoor, NC 27522
Phone: (919) 528-1752
Fax: (919) 528-1376
deana.cunningham at granvillecounty.org<mailto:deana.cunningham at granvillecounty.org>
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