FarCry CMS has a very versatile security model that will integrate with a variety of user directories including its own internal directory, external datasources, LDAP and Active Directory.
Essentially FarCry insists that a user is authenticated via username and password. A successful authentication will return the group membership of the user to FarCry. Within FarCry's security model, user groups map to roles (aka policy groups) within Farcry. Each role has a collection of permissions that are then assigned to the user.
The authentication process can use FarCry's internal user directory or alternatively be bypassed to use an external system. You need to ensure that the external systems groups map to the relevant policy or role within FarCry.
Case study running through the creation of a user, assigning a role and setting up role based security in the site overview tree. FarCry ships out of the box with a default set of security roles that can be easily modified to suit individual needs.
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