Tips and Tricks (Advanced)-A chicken-and-egg problem with SSO

A chicken-and-egg problem with SSO

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The video explains managing user accounts in a system using single sign-on (SSO). Normally, users create accounts by logging in via SSO, but sometimes administrators need to pre-create accounts ("ghost accounts") before users log in. Ghost accounts allow pre-assigning access, like free courses, to users who haven’t signed in yet. These accounts contain placeholder passwords irrelevant to SSO login. When users eventually log in via SSO, they inherit and activate the ghost account and any prior access. This approach resolves the "chicken-and-egg" issue of granting access before user registration in the system.

Keywords

single sign-on

user account management

ghost accounts

access pre-assignment

SSO login activation