Metacat

  <div class="toc1"><a href="#authConfig">Authentication Configuration</a></div>

      <div class="toc2"><a href="#AuthOverview">Authentication Overview</a></div> 

      <div class="toc2"><a href="#GetToAuthConfig">Getting to the Authentication Configuration</a></div> 

      <div class="toc2"><a href="#ConfigAuthNoAuth">Changing Authentication Configuration Without Authentication</a></div>

      Is Authentication Configured? If not, show 

      <a HREF="metacatconfigure.html#auth-config">Authentication Configuration Section</a>.  

      You will need to have authorizaiton configured in order to define administrative accounts

      and authenticate as one of these users.

<a name="AuthConfig"></a><div class="header1">Authentication Configuration</div>

<a name="AuthOverview"></a><div class="header2">Authentication Overview</div>

  <p>Metacat uses LDAP as it's primary authentication mechanism, but you can define

  your own mechanism by creating a java class that implements 

  AuthInterface. The configuration values needed are Authentication Class, Authentication URL, 

  Authentication Secure URL and Metacat Administrators.  You need 

  to verify that the the Authentication URL and Authentication Secure URL are correct (fig 1).  

  <span class="emphasis">You need to make sure that your user 

  account is entered into the Metacat Administrators field.  You will not be allowed

  <img class="screenshot" src="./images/auth-config.png"/>

<a name="GetToAdminConfig"></a><div class="header2">Getting to the Authentication Configuration</div>

  <p>You will automatically be sent to the Authentication Configuration page if this is a new

  <p>You can also get to the Administrative configuration from a running Metacat by typing:</p>

  <a name="ConfigAuthNoAuth"></a><div class="header2">Changing Authentication Configuration Without Authentication</div>

  authentication information, but you can't authenticate using the existing setup.  For example:</p>

    <li>The configured authentication urls are unavailable and you need to configure new ones.</li>  

  <p>Once authentication has been configured, you will be required to login as an 

user in the authentication configuration section.  If you did not set up the correct user 

<a href="#ConfigAuthNoAuth">Changing Authentication Configuration Without Authentication</a>

<p>Enter your user name.  This is one of the Metacat administrators that you 

entered in authenticationuthentication configuration.  Enter your password and

hit the "Login" button.  You should successfully log in.</p>

  sections (fig 3).  You should see that the authentication is already configured.</p>