Faking authentication for a URL path

[Kevin Foote]

> On Mar 24, 2015, at 8:16 AM, Don Faulkner <donf at uark.edu> wrote:
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> Is it possible to do #2 as I described?
> If it is, could I also set a rule on the rest of the URL space that says if the shib-session is for the anonymous user, to destroy it and re-authenticate?

Why not just use mod_auth_basic or something for that URL or make use of the SPBackDoor [1] ? You could probably be as creative as you want with this 
since your real goal is to make the docs public. Just an idea… 



[1] https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/NativeSPBackDoor

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thanks
 kevin.foote