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Bug #5821
openAllow certificate-based Metacat administration
Start date:
01/24/2013
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Bugzilla-Id:
5821
Description
As we move toward the DataONE API where the MN does not provide identity and authorization services, perhaps the Metacat administrative functions should also follow suit. This would be a pretty large change for our users, but ultimately will simplify things so that we are not using two different identity/auth schemes to manage a single server.
In cases where the Metacat administrator did not have a useable (CILogon) identity we cold provide a utility to generate a client certificate for administrative use (or something akin to this). Ultimately this would need to be available in a browser UI where the bulk of our admin/config is performed.
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