[Building Sakai] CASifing Sakai

Matthew Buckett matthew.buckett at it.ox.ac.uk
Tue Apr 22 04:38:37 PDT 2014


Support for different logout behaviours has just landed in trunk, but
this isn't in the Sakai 10 branch.

https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-25877

On 22 April 2014 02:37, Sanghyun Jeon <euksa99 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you.
>
> I have one more question and can I have two different logout behaviors?
> One for CAS logout and another for sakai logout for guest users?
>
> S
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 6:47 AM, Sam Ottenhoff <ottenhoff at longsight.com>
> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I am interested how other sakai schools are handling CASifing Sakai login
>>> procedure. I visited Indiana, Marist College, U of Michigan, and Standford.
>>> Looks like all four of them are using SSO with one login  button. If I am
>>> wrong, please correct me.
>>
>>
>>
>> A lot of casified Sakai instances will include login buttons for both
>> institutional users and for guest users.
>>
>>>
>>> Clicking a login button redirects me to the CAS login page. If I am
>>> right, I am wondering how these schools are handling guest account users.
>>
>>
>>
>> If 99.9% of your users will have institutional accounts, it may make sense
>> to just have a hidden URL (sent via email) for the guest users.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Are Guest users still going though CAS login page?
>>
>>
>>
>> Maybe.  If the institution has a process for adding guest users to the
>> institutional central LDAP/AD/database, they would then login through CAS.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Will they be redirected to the Sakai local login page after CAS
>>> authentication failure?
>>
>>
>> No.  If you are getting sent to CAS, you need to complete a CAS login.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have two login buttons: one for CAS login and another for guest login.
>>> However, our test users give me some feedback they would like to have a
>>> better login page.
>>>
>>>
>>> Any idea?
>>
>>
>>
>> What do they mean by a better login page?  A better CAS login page?  If
>> yes, you should search for information about themeing the CAS login page.
>> If on Sakai, maybe look to emphasize the institutional login and
>> de-emphasize the guest login link as the vast majority of your users will be
>> institutional users.
>>
>> --Sam
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