Working with User Accountsin Drupal

Brian WebsterISU Extension IT

bwebster@iastate.edu

http://twitter.com/bwebster719

Presented at NETC 2014(TEKKIES IN THE LITTLE APPLE)

May 20, 2014

Current Drupal Environment

• Standard LAMP stack• Drupal 6• OpenPublish distribution• Domain Access• PubCookie

Domain Access

• Domain = subfolder• Access control system (groups)• Assign content types to domains• Assign themes to domains• 130+ domains/subfolders

PubCookie

• Single Sign On• Uses Active Directory Accounts• Creates a New User in Drupal• 800+ Users

Problems

• 800+ Users• Hard to find a specific user• Risk removing them from one group when

adding to a new one• No good way to tell who has access to each

subfolder (other than look in the database)

Future Plans

• Build distribution lists in Active Directory* All web authors

* All county authors* One for each domain/subfolder

• Manage users in Intranet site* Use our “All Staff” list to create users

* Use a role to manage access

Take Aways

• Untrusted users group• Find a problem/create a solution• Don’t be afraid of the Drupal database

Questions?

Brian WebsterISU Extension IT

bwebster@iastate.edu

http://twitter.com/bwebster719

Presented at NETC 2014(TEKKIES IN THE LITTLE APPLE)

May 20, 2014

http://2014.drupalcorn.org