[MOD] LDAP Integration

[dwithnall]

Greetings all,

I've whipped up an LDAP integration module.
It's entirely based on the WikiMedia LDAP plugin and all I've done is modify a few bits to work with Pligg. See here for more details

Basically it validates the user against the LDAP and then if the user exists in the Pligg DB it will update the details with the latest password & email address.
If not it will create a new user.

Pligg will then continue on it's normal login procedure and validate the details against the newly created/edited user.

This method provided minimal disruption to the core Pligg code.

The code snippet below needs to be added to the Authenticate function in
/libs/login.php to add a new hook for Pligg to use on authentication.

function Authenticate($username, $pass, $remember=false, $already_salted_pass='') {
global $db;
$dbusername=$db->escape($username);

$authArray = array("username" => $dbusername,
"password" => $pass,
"remember" => $remember,
"salted_pass" => $already_salted_pass);

check_actions('user_authentication', $authArray );

$user=$db->get_row("SELECT user_id, user_pass, user_login FROM " . table_users . " WHERE user_login = '$dbusername'");

The attached zip contains the module. Just plug it in as normal.

I have configured and tested it in my environment only. It may or may not support all of the functionality provided by the wikimedia plugin. I do not plan on making any improvements to this module as I am setting things up for a short term test environment.

[dollars5]

Great work and thanks for sharing, will try and report in here.

[nspuum]

after install this module and edit the login.php and also the ldap.dll enable . am i need set the ldap_seeting.php ?
i am not sure about the LDAP server name ? who should i check in my company? network admin?

[captmega]

Good work on adapting this mod. Thanks!

[sems]

My LDAP server does not use any TLS or SSL, so I setup ldap_settings.php as:

$LDAPEncryptionType = array("myhost" => "clear");

However, when I try to login as a user, I receive:

Warning: ldap_start_tls() [function.ldap-start-tls]: Unable to start TLS: Can't contact LDAP server in /var/www/pligg/modules/ldap/ldap_main.php on line 166

What am I missing?

[sems]

Found my issue, in ldap_main.php, you need to specify your domain:

$_SESSION["LDAPDomain"] = "myhost";

[jalemathai]

Hello,

I have the LDAP integration working however the user's 'email' address/attribute is not being written to the local pligg database.

Does anyone have some expertise with this module?

[pgb315]

Does anyone have this working with RC2? It shows up at the top of the modules list for me outside of the table structure without an install link. Worked fine in the old beta.

Thanks!

[jbukowb]

We're upgrading from 9.9.0 to RC2, and weren't able to get the module working either. I saw the same results; it shows up at the top of the module list, without an 'install' link.

Was anyone able to get it working with RC1?

[pgb315]

Credit the pligg developers with this fix: this module needed a ldap_readme.htm file. Thanks guys!

Just create a file with that name in the modules/ldap directory and you'll be able to install it.

Unfortunately, I still can't get it to work like it does in the earlier betas. If anyone else has any luck wih this, please let us know.

Thanks.