[gollem] direct access to directories in gollem via a specialized URL

[Liam Hoekenga]

I figured it out.  The url is messy, and looks like..

https://afs.umich.edu/horde/gollem/redirect.php?actionID=login&backend_key=ifs&dir=%2Fafs%2Fumich.edu

Liam

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Liam Hoekenga wrote:

> We currently offer gollem as a file manager to access our AFS space (AFS
> being a large, distributed filesystem).  Upon logging in, they get
> presented with a view of their home directory, but they have the ability
> to navigate to other portions of the AFS filesystem.
>
> We want to be able to have a link, outside of gollem, that people can
> follow to access directories other than their home directory... eg..
>
> https://afs.umich.edu/horde/gollem/manager.php?dir=%2Fafs%2Fumich.edu
>
> now that works if the person already has an established gollem session,
> but if they haven't "logged in" to gollem first, they're presented with:
>
>     File Manager Login
>
>     Login failed for some reason. Most likely your username or password
>     was entered incorrectly.
>
>     Connect to: IFS Home Directories
>     [Log in]
>
> So, I tried..
>
> https://afs.umich.edu/horde-NEW/gollem/manager.php?actionID=login&backend_key=IFS&dir=%2Fafs%2Fumich.edu
>
> to try to get it to establish a session first, and got the same problem.
>
> I've got two gollem instances right now.  The on in use is from this
> summer, uses gollem's "guest authentication", and we set up our
> environment from things we can deduce from the $_SERVER array.
>
> I've got a more recent copy out of CVS, where we're not using guest
> authentication, rather a modified version of Horde's HTTP auth mechanism
> to do an automatic log in.  Still we get the "login failed for some
> reason..." message.
>
> So.. in summary, we want to have a link published on a webpage outside of
> gollem, that people can follow to get placed in a specific directory
> inside of gollem.  If they aren't currently in a gollem session, one
> should be created invisibly, and the user just let in / presented with the
> manager view of the appropriate directory.
>
> Is what we're trying to do possible?
>
> Liam
>
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