Thanks for the cool contrib Frank.
Zad [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Frank Koenen > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 10:45 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [JDEV] ldapauth2 module. > > > Hello all. I posted a module at the contrib site that may be > helpful to you if > you're looking to authenticate your logins using directories in > an LDAP tree. > > This module is modified from the work of Zad > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) of ldapauth. > > The difference in this module from ldapauth is that the password > stored in the > LDAP tree is not assumed to be stored in plain text, it can be stored as a > hash. This module performs an anonymous search for the DN > associated with a > Jabber user, then BINDS on that DN using the clear text password obtained > either from the Client AUTH message or the xdb_file data. If the > bind succeeds, > the user is logged into jabber. If it fails, the user does not > get logged into > jabber. > > Other changes include adding an attribute config to use in the > search for the DN. > And the 'binddn/bindpw' configurations were removed and a true > anonymous bind > is performed before the search and user bind. > > Thanks to Zad for his great work and in keeping things simple. > Hope the changes > I added help too. > > The module has a simple purpose, perform authentication on ldap directory, > instead of using the jabber server authentication. Namely, I have > a membership > directory for my site which has recorded a number of users of the > site, and I > want my current users to use jabber IM. I want the jabber specific data to > still remain on the xdb (spool), and only authentication is > performed against > the ldap. > > The complete README is at > http://download.jabber.org/contrib/ldapauth.README > > -- > Frank Koenen > Director of Technical Services > Monet Technologies Inc. > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: Voice: 1-630-264-1921 / > 847-830-6876 cell > _______________________________________________ > jdev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev > > _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
