Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/install-ldap-radius.html =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/install-ldap-radius.html,v diff -u -r1.13.2.1 -r1.13.2.2 --- openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/install-ldap-radius.html 2 Mar 2019 19:30:05 -0000 1.13.2.1 +++ openacs-4/packages/acs-core-docs/www/install-ldap-radius.html 3 Sep 2021 09:15:05 -0000 1.13.2.2 @@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ cd nsldap make install LDAP=/usr/local/openldap INST=/usr/local/aolserver -
  • Configure ns_ldap for traditional use. Traditionally OpenACS has supported ns_ldap for authentication by storing the OpenACS password in an encrypted field within the LDAP server called "userPassword". Furthermore a CN field was used for searching for the username, usually userID or something similar. This field is identical to the usernamestored in OpenACS. Therefore the login will only work if you change login method to make use of the username instead.

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  • Configure ns_ldap for use with LDAP bind. LDAP authentication usually is done by trying to bind (aka login) a user with the LDAP server. The password of the user is not stored in any field of the LDAP server, but kept internally. The latest version of ns_ldap supports this method with the ns_ldap bind command. All you have to do to enable this is to configure auth_ldap to make use of the BIND authentication instead. Alternatively you can write a small script on how to calculate the username out of the given input (e.g. if the OpenACS username is malte.fb03.tu, the LDAP request can be translated into "ou=malte,ou=fb03,o=tu" (this example is encoded in auth_ldap and you just have to comment it out to make use of it).