[WEB4LIB] remote authentication and unix

[Chris Gray]

Have you tried asking about AIX support for EZProxy on the mailing list
<http://www.usefulutilities.com/support/list.html>?  Don't give up on
EZProxy until you've posted your problem there.

What we used before EZProxy was Apache configured as forward proxy with a
PAC file for our users to point their browsers at.  That is a standard way
of doing things and it doesn't require programming, just writing
configuration files for Apache and the PAC files for browsers and it will
certainly work on AIX.

Chris

"The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up
in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office." -Robert
Frost

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Sandra Cahillane wrote:

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> Hello all,
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> We just purchased a lovely, new IBM server with AIX on it.  Sadly, ezproxy
> no longer maintains software for this platform.  We would very much like to
> be our own proxy server for remote authentication.  I would love any and
> all ideas and suggestions (or workarounds for ezproxy) that people could
> suggest as possible solutions for remote authentication for a unix box for
> a non-programmer systems administrator.
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> I am familiar with cgi-scripts.  Would a cgi-script work for remote access?
> Primarily what I want is a seamless, one click authentication process for
> users that will direct them to the correct page (database listing or remote
> access logon page)  depending on whether they are on-campus or off.
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> It's good to know you're here when I need you! :)
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> Thanks,
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> Sandy Cahillane
> Systems and Reference Librarian
> Bay Path College
> Hatch Library
> 588 Longmeadow Street
> Longmeadow, MA  01106
> (413) 567-4529 or (413) 565-1376
> fax-(413) 567-8345
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