Rename the plugins, as I'm separating out Authn, Authz, and user information into separate plugins

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+The LDAP Authentication plugin allows for StatusNet to handle authentication through LDAP.
+
+Installation
+============
+add "addPlugin('ldapAuthentication', array('setting'=>'value', 'setting2'=>'value2', ...);" to the bottom of your config.php
+
+Settings
+========
+authoritative (false): Set to true if LDAP's responses are authoritative (meaning if LDAP fails, do check the any other plugins or the internal password database).
+autoregistration (false): Set to true if users should be automatically created when they attempt to login.
+email_changeable (true): Are users allowed to change their email address? (true or false)
+password_changeable (true): Are users allowed to change their passwords? (true or false)
+
+host*: LDAP server name to connect to. You can provide several hosts in an array in which case the hosts are tried from left to right.. See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
+port: Port on the server. See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
+version: LDAP version. See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
+starttls: TLS is started after connecting. See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
+binddn: The distinguished name to bind as (username). See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
+bindpw: Password for the binddn. See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
+basedn*: LDAP base name (root directory). See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
+options: See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
+filter: Default search filter. See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
+scope: Default search scope. See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
+
+attributes: an array with the key being the StatusNet user attribute name, and the value the LDAP attribute name
+    nickname*
+    email
+    fullname
+    homepage
+    location
+    
+* required
+default values are in (parenthesis)
+
+Example
+=======
+Here's an example of an LDAP plugin configuration that connects to Microsoft Active Directory.
+
+addPlugin('ldapAuthentication', array(
+    'authoritative'=>true,
+    'autoregistration'=>true,
+    'binddn'=>'username',
+    'bindpw'=>'password',
+    'basedn'=>'OU=Users,OU=StatusNet,OU=US,DC=americas,DC=global,DC=loc',
+    'host'=>array('server1', 'server2'),
+    'attributes'=>array(
+        'nickname'=>'sAMAccountName',
+        'email'=>'mail',
+        'fullname'=>'displayName')
+));