Implement Shibboleth SAML login for biblio auth ezproxy --login¶
Goal¶
Eliminate manual cookie management for institutional PDF access. Users should be able to authenticate with their LMU credentials from a terminal (no browser needed) and have biblio handle the SAML flow automatically.
Context¶
- LMU EZProxy at
emedien.ub.uni-muenchen.deuses Shibboleth SAML2 vialmuidp.lrz.de - HPC server is on LMU network but IP-based auto-auth is NOT enabled
- Current approach requires browser login + cookie copy (expires every few hours)
- SAML flow was traced on 2026-04-03 — standard POST binding, form-based IdP login
Acceptance Criteria¶
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biblio auth ezproxy --loginprompts for username + password (hidden), does SAML flow, saves cookies - [ ]
biblio bibtex fetch-pdfs-oasuccessfully fetches a paywalled paper after--login - [ ] Works over plain SSH (no display/browser required)
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requestsandbeautifulsoup4are optional — graceful error message if missing - [ ] Tutorial updated in
institutional-access.md
Result¶
(Filled in after execution)