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Drupal 7: automatically logging users in with their Windows credentials (LDAP, NTLM)

April 4, 2016 / by Rimu Atkinson / APPLICATION, LDAP, LINUX, Programming / 0 comments

So you want to build an intranet site with a seamless onboarding process that doesn’t require users to remember yet another login? This is hard to do and a lot of things can go wrong along the way. Hopefully some of the below steers you through these treacherous waters. I built an intranet using Drupal […]

Ubuntu – gnome panels hanging randomly after using “Connect to Server” (gvfs)??

August 7, 2009 / by Rimu Atkinson / APPLICATION, LDAP, LINUX / 0 comments

For ages I put up with random hangs and where some or all of my panels would stop responding, and completely rebooting was the only solution (killall gnome-panels wouldn’t unfreeze things either; all the hung panels disappear, but then nothing comes back in their place)… I knew it had something to do with connecting to […]

drupal with active directory (ldap)

May 5, 2009 / by Rimu Atkinson / APPLICATION, CSS, Design, Work / 0 comments

Getting drupal authenticating logins against active directory can be intimidating, at first. I certainly felt that way. A few hints You will need PHP installed with the ldap extension. Use phpinfo(); to check if it’s there. Without that you can’t even begin. The ldap_integration module for drupal is fantastic, but the configuration is confusing if […]

drupal: inserting flash content (youtube videos) fails to display in IE

February 18, 2009 / by Rimu Atkinson / APPLICATION, COMPUTERS / 0 comments

One of the drupal web sites I work on had a problem where any youtube video that was posted to the site failed to display on internet explorer. Any other browser worked fine. The code we were trying to insert was this: <object height=”350″ width=”425″ codebase=”http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0″ classid=”clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000″> <param name=”src” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/l0aVaRrBYQE” /> <embed height=”350″ width=”425″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/l0aVaRrBYQE” […]

ruby gotcha: exec command

September 11, 2008 / by Rimu Atkinson / APPLICATION, ASP.NET, LINUX, Uncategorized / 0 comments

Surprisingly small amount of documentation on the net about this…. When using the exec command, don’t expect any of your ruby code after it to execute! This is because the command you run using exec replaces the currently executing script! Use the system command instead, or the “ trick