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ldap user login [message #162364]

Sat, 01 May 2010 00:09

lbrigman124

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I have an active directory server that I authenticate to with
another application(jira) running on a linux server.

When I use the same authentication info with the plugin I don't
get logged in.

What do I need to turn on debuging to see where this problem is?

Also, if I make a change to the plugin, when is those changes
picked up by the fudforum application?

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Re: ldap user login [message #162366 is a reply to message #162364]

Sun, 02 May 2010 19:21

naudefj

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The plugin contains echo statements that you can uncomment.

Changes will be picked up immediately.

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Re: ldap user login [message #162374 is a reply to message #162366]

Mon, 03 May 2010 18:14

lbrigman124

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The echo's are not commented out. Where does the output go?
It doesn't show up in the fudforums error log or in the web server error log or the web output.

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Re: ldap user login [message #162375 is a reply to message #162374]

Mon, 03 May 2010 18:35

naudefj

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"echo" is a PHP statement that outputs to the web browser. Please read http://php.net/manual/en/function.echo.php

If you don't see the output, you may want to add more echo statements to help you to follow the program flow.

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Re: ldap user login [message #162376 is a reply to message #162364]

Mon, 03 May 2010 19:22

lbrigman124

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Got it finally. Output at the top before the screen
is refreshed.

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Re: ldap user login [message #162380 is a reply to message #162376]

Tue, 04 May 2010 16:48

lbrigman124

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I got the plugin working in my environment.
There were a couple of things that had problems that were difficult to find.
1) how to determine what was wrong with the connect?
Solution: enable ldap debugging Code added. Submitted as commented out.
2) Syntax error in code for checking bind failure was wrong.
Solution: Fix syntax error and update the message info.
3) Why does the lookup/search fail?
Solution: Turn Referrals to 0. http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=7620
This was in the php.net manual but no reasons were given as to why one should use it.
Even the link didn't understand why you need to do this in an Active Directory environment. I
believe I have a clue. If you have more than one site (ie a domain controller per site) then
your search will get referred to the master of the tree which in my case is not the local. It would always
get error #1: Operation failed.

Diffs attached for the fixes.
Diff against $Id: ldap.plugin 4939 2010-04-06 20:14:17Z

Could probably add the debug and referral as options in the
web interface.

Attachment: ldap.diff
(Size: 1.31KB, Downloaded 1028 times)

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Re: ldap user login [message #162381 is a reply to message #162380]

Tue, 04 May 2010 18:22

naudefj

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Thanks!

Patch was committed: http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/fudforum/changeset/4952

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