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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>Van:</B> Martijn Jacobs
[mailto:martijn@fourdigits.nl] <BR><B>Verzonden:</B> dinsdag 3 juni 2008
15:57<BR><B>Aan:</B> Kees de Brabander<BR><B>CC:</B>
zope@zope.org<BR><B>Onderwerp:</B> Re: [Zope] acl_users folder >
25000<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Kees de Brabander wrote:
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=743524113-03062008>A client of mine
wants a site that is only accessible for members. However, there
are more than 25000 members. Are there any reasons that would make
it unwise to populate an ordinary acl_users folder with such a
number of user accounts?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=743524113-03062008>If so, what other
options do I have?</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If it's possible to use a existing userdatabase or
authentication source I would prefer to use that. With </FONT><A
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face=Arial><FONT size=2> it's very easy to let zope authenticate against any
kind of database or source (including MySQL/LDAP etc). And if it's a custom
source it's not difficult to write your own authentication plugin.<BR><BR>Where
and how are these accounts stored now? LDAD/ADS or something else?<BR><BR><SPAN
class=918190114-03062008><FONT color=#0000ff>I have
no idea.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=918190114-03062008><FONT
color=#0000ff>I have been looking at the PAS, but did not find to much
documentation on it.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=918190114-03062008><FONT
color=#0000ff>Would it be possible to use a database that my client does
maintain?</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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