The LDAP plugin allows for StatusNet to handle authentication, authorization, and user information through LDAP.
Installation
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add "addPlugin('ldap', array('setting'=>'value', 'setting2'=>'value2', ...);" to the bottom of your config.php
Settings
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authn_authoritative: 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: Set to true if users should be automatically created when they attempt to login.
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
Example
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Here's an example of an LDAP plugin configuration that connects to Microsoft Active Directory.
addPlugin('ldap', array(
'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')
));
