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authorCraig Andrews <candrews@integralblue.com>2009-11-17 13:00:45 -0500
committerCraig Andrews <candrews@integralblue.com>2009-11-17 13:00:45 -0500
commit4ff2d37b10977f77fe3e627f93176657a45270bb (patch)
tree7a280e4292ec9ae8adc998429c2bc41ce8e3b133
parent3d6a55a49f298b83d4f0cdfe2f14ea201f45a565 (diff)
Reformatted for 80 character width, and clarified the username/nickname attribute difference
-rw-r--r--plugins/LdapAuthentication/README65
1 files changed, 44 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/plugins/LdapAuthentication/README b/plugins/LdapAuthentication/README
index b10a1eb93..dc3f4ba88 100644
--- a/plugins/LdapAuthentication/README
+++ b/plugins/LdapAuthentication/README
@@ -1,42 +1,63 @@
-The LDAP Authentication plugin allows for StatusNet to handle authentication through LDAP.
+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
+add "addPlugin('ldapAuthentication',
+ array('setting'=>'value', 'setting2'=>'value2', ...);"
+to the bottom of your config.php
Settings
========
provider_name*: a unique name for this authentication provider.
-authoritative (false): Set to true if LDAP's responses are authoritative (meaning if LDAP fails, do check 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
+authoritative (false): Set to true if LDAP's responses are authoritative
+ (if authorative and LDAP fails, no other password checking will be done).
+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
+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
- username*
- nickname*
+attributes: an array that relates StatusNet user attributes to LDAP ones
+ username*: LDAP attribute value entered when authenticating to StatusNet
+ nickname*: LDAP attribute value shown as the user's nickname
email
fullname
homepage
location
-
+
* required
default values are in (parenthesis)
+For most LDAP installations, the "nickname" and "username" attributes should
+ be the same.
+
Example
=======
-Here's an example of an LDAP plugin configuration that connects to Microsoft Active Directory.
+Here's an example of an LDAP plugin configuration that connects to
+ Microsoft Active Directory.
addPlugin('ldapAuthentication', array(
'provider_name'=>'Example',
@@ -47,7 +68,9 @@ addPlugin('ldapAuthentication', array(
'basedn'=>'OU=Users,OU=StatusNet,OU=US,DC=americas,DC=global,DC=loc',
'host'=>array('server1', 'server2'),
'attributes'=>array(
+ 'username'=>'sAMAccountName',
'nickname'=>'sAMAccountName',
'email'=>'mail',
'fullname'=>'displayName')
));
+