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Hallo,

I have some trouble getting my xerte to authenticate with ldap.
I had no issues installing XOT (2.1) on my LAMP server.
On that server I installed a owncloud that does authenticate using ldap.
In attachment screenshots of the configuration of ldap for authentication in owncloud.
ldap authentication in owncloud works.

I would like to use ldap for authentication in xerte as well.
First: where do I configure for ldap?
(of course I set the auth_config.php file to use Ldap as authentication method)
next? Do I set the configuration for ldap in
/library/Xerte/Authentication/Ldap.php
or do I set the ldap configuration through
<ldap setting> in the Site Administration?
Or both?

Next: Can anyone suggest me a configuration for my xerte server based on the settings that work for my owncloud server?

Thank you for helping me with this issue,

Bruno Van Bogaert

Hello,

I'll setup an LDAP server (in this case probably the SAMBA 3 ldap backend) to test and see if I can help you out.

Please bear with us.

Please try the contents of the attached .zip file in stead of library/Xerte/Authentication/Ldap.php


Based on your screen shots I would set the following:
host: ldap.vub.ac.be
port: 389
ldap passwd (leave empty)
ldap base : ou=vub,ou=people,o=bfucc
ldap bind : (The User DN of screenshot 1)
LDAP main filter : cn
Ldap second filter uid=

If that doesn't work, can you please cyhange config.php, and make sure that around lin 26, $develop is set to true, and check the location of the debug.log file a few lines below that.

Try to login again and check the debug.log file for clues.

Hallo Tom,

I tried your suggestion.
It does not work (yet).
The debug file contains a single line:
2014-03-08 01:12:11 /var/www/xerte/website_code/php/database_library.php139Running : SELECT * FROM sitedetails

I do not know what to do with it....

Bruno

Hmm, it looks like ldap is not selected in auth_config.php

Whoaaw!
What a fast reply!!

OK.
Let's have a look at the auth_config file


//$xerte_toolkits_site->authentication_method = 'Guest';
$xerte_toolkits_site->authentication_method = 'Ldap';
//$xerte_toolkits_site->authentication_method = 'Db';
$xerte_toolkits_site->authentication_method = 'Static';
//$xerte_toolkits_site->authentication_method = "Moodle";

Can it be that the problem is related to the fact that I choose BOTH ldap and static?

Bruno