PDS not getting user ID from Shibboleth
- Article Type: General
- Product: Aleph
- Product Version: 20
Problem Symptoms:
When trying to authenticate via Shibboleth, the following error message is displayed:
"ID or verification field dont match the system records used by the PDS."
Cause:
The PDS configuration file /exlibris/aleph/a20_1/pds/conf_table/shib.conf did not map the Shibboleth attributes to the PDS attributes properly
Resolution:
The PDS configuration file /exlibris/aleph/a20_1/pds/conf_table/shib.conf did not map the Shibboleth attributes to the PDS attributes properly.
Additional Information
There is one single mandatory mapping between Shibboleth attributes and PDS attributes: a Shibboleth attribute which contains the User ID must be mapped to the PDS attribute z312_source_id. Usually the Shibboleth attribute REMOTE_USER contains the required User ID.
Example of shib.conf file:
REMOTE_USER = z312_source_id
Category: PDS
- Article last edited: 10/8/2013