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
Settings
========
provider_name*: This is a identifier designated to the connection.
It's how StatusNet will refer to the authentication source.
For the most part, any name can be used, so long as each authentication source has a different identifier.
In most cases there will be only one authentication source used.
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)
password_encoding: required if users are to be able to change their passwords
Possible values are: crypt, ext_des, md5crypt, blowfish, md5, sha, ssha,
smd5, ad, clear
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
schema_cachefile: File location to store ldap schema.
schema_maxage: TTL for cache file.
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
password: required if users are to be able to change their passwords
* 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.
addPlugin('ldapAuthentication', array(
'provider_name'=>'Example',
'authoritative'=>true,
'autoregistration'=>true,
'binddn'=>'username',
'bindpw'=>'password',
'basedn'=>'OU=Users,OU=StatusNet,OU=US,DC=americas,DC=global,DC=loc',
'host'=>array('server1', 'server2'),
'password_encoding'=>'ad',
'attributes'=>array(
'username'=>'sAMAccountName',
'nickname'=>'sAMAccountName',
'email'=>'mail',
'fullname'=>'displayName',
'password'=>'unicodePwd')
));
