We need to upgrade our DSpace installations. Our LDAP server does not permit anonymous searching so in the config anonymous search is set to false. There is a problem!
There is, I think, a conflict in the new LDAPAuthentication.java Other postings by several people seem to have problems that stem from this. The earlier version of DSpace used the class SpeakerToLDAP. Within this class a method ldapAuthenticate connected to the ldap server and also collected information such as email, telephone, etc then returned true or false depending if connection worked. The new LDAPAuthentication.java has the user information collection in a different method called getDNOfUser. This routine is only called if anonymous is set to true, in which case none of the ldap variables can be picked up by DSpace. In previous DSpace versionsm, when a usertried to login, if the user name and password "unlocked" the LDAP server which then returned their data for use in DSpace. Anonymous search of an LDAP server is not an option for many people besides its a security/privacy problem. I think the LDAP Authenticate Code needs instead to move the code that collects ldap data, into the ldapAuthenticate method. I am trying to do this now - if you have any commects suggestion I would appreciate it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIMITED TIME SALE - Full Year of Microsoft Training For Just $49.99! 1,500+ hours of tutorials including VisualStudio 2012, Windows 8, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, MVC 4, more. BEST VALUE: New Multi-Library Power Pack includes Mobile, Cloud, Java, and UX Design. Lowest price ever! Ends 9/20/13. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=58041151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech List Etiquette: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Mailing+List+Etiquette
