LDAP user alternative file update methods

System

Hey DevNetters -
We're planning an upgrade from our current 6.7.1 (no service pack) Solaris installation.

One of the big changes we're looking at is migrating from OS-based users to LDAP / Active Directory users. We've got this working in 6.7.1 SP1 on our Development server.

This is working nicely in some regards; we can search and choose new users from our AD system, their email addresses are automatically populated and, a bonus, they can now use their AD domain passwords to sign into TeamSite. All good improvements.

Then I start to look at what these non-OS users **can't** do and it gets more complex. For instance, I no longer can see from the server command line (using ls -la, for instance) who updated a particular file. OK, I can understand that.

But here's the tough one: LDAP users can't use samba and can't use ftp either, as far as I can tell. So the folks who we're able to set up a Windows shortcut 'dropbox' to occasionally add files can no longer do that. Developers who map a Windows / samba shortcut to a TeamSite branch area as an app server doc root may lose that capability. And, they no longer can set up their ftp client and easily transfer contents into a workarea that way - which is an easy method to work with Dreamweaver in conjunction with TeamSite.

Granted, these other update methods bypass the TeamSite locking mechanisms (maybe not always a bad thing...), but they're also what allows the system to be used in a faster and more flexible manner.

Given all that leadup, here's a question: can LDAP based users only update TeamSite with external content by using the ContentCenter 'import' function?

Thanks as always,
Wally Box
Nike, Inc.