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8/2/2007 12:18 PM
 
Will Gillen


www.swirlhost.com
Joined: 9/17/2004
Posts: 80

Simple question:

Does the AD Authentication Provider synchronize user roles ("Sync Roles") on every user login or not?  

For instance, if "UserA" logs in from AD, I see that DNN will put him in the roles that I have defined if they match the AD Groups.  However, if I then subsequently REMOVE that user from an AD group on the Domain Controller, and then later "UserA" logs into my DNN site, he is STILL IN THAT ROLE on my DNN site!!!  What does "Sync Roles" actually do, then?

I see that much focus is being spent on Authentication for version 4.6, and I think it is time to shed some light on AD since it has been neglected for so long in DNN.
 
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8/2/2007 12:47 PM
 
Mike Horton


Joined: 7/16/2003
Posts: 4865

It doesn't on every login even though it should. That's one of the reasons Stuart Hilbert created the AD Fix for DNN 3 and I converted it for DNN 4.

With DNN 4.6 it's one of my priorities to make sure roles are synced on every login. The current code checks the DNN database when an AD user logs in and if they already exist (and the password is correct) then it doesn't check any further against the AD. If the account doesn't exist (or the password is wrong) then it checks against the AD. What I plan on implementing is a reversal of that process. The code will always validate against the AD first and if it fails there it will then check against the DNN database (in case access to the AD can't happen for one reason or another (network problems, etc).
 
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8/2/2007 12:55 PM
 
Will Gillen


www.swirlhost.com
Joined: 9/17/2004
Posts: 80

That is super great to hear (about the new 4.6 being able to sync roles).

One caveat to your proposed implementation of "reversal":  IF the user NO LONGER exists in AD, then the user should NOT be allowed to login (i.e. it should not revert to DNN authentication if the user no longer exists in AD).

Thanks!

-- Will G.
 
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