Re: LDAP

Helge Hess <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.cms.opengroupware.discuss.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

On 1. Feb 2005, at 12:49 Uhr, Daniel May wrote:
> I'm trying to use an OpenLDAP directory for authenticating Ogo users. 
> I have
> a few basic questions:

The questions are better placed on the users list.

> - is the ldap support in ogo mature? Does it work?

The current alpha releases have this major issue:

   http://bugzilla.opengroupware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=957

If this is fixed, its mature again ;-)

> - what about the configuration? It looks like I have to set values for 
> keys
> LSAuthLDAPServer, LSAuthLDAPServerRoot and LSAuthLDAPServerPort in the
> defaults. Is that all I have to do?

Yes.

> - Is it reasonable/advisable to use an LDAP directory with ogo? The 
> idea ist
> to just keep the uids/passwords in the LDAP directory and leave the 
> rest to
> Ogo. The same directory will be used by other services, accessible to 
> the
> same users; that's why we need an external directory.

Personally I always prefer dumping information periodically into 
OpenLDAP, eg using a small script, instead of getting them out of it.
But yes, you can also go for the LDAP.

Greets,
   Helge
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