Thanks Daniel. I can obviously disable the plugin, but what was not clear to me I why it was there in the first place. It probably should be removed from core - in fact there is already a ticket for this - https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-20617 > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Beck [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 27 May 2014 10:12 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Why is the LDAP plugin installed? > > It's a plugin that can be updated independently from Jenkins itself, or > disabled. It used to be a part > of Jenkins core, like the 'Execute Shell script' build step or 'freestyle' > project type are. Try > disabling those! > > For (I assume) mostly backwards compatibility reasons it still gets bundled > in the .war. This means > you cannot uninstall it, otherwise Jenkins will just restore the bundled > version again, unless you > patch the Jenkins .war file to remove it completely. > > > According to https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/LDAP+Plugin, the > > LDAP plugin was split out > from the Jenkins core a long time ago. That doesn't look to be the case. > > > > I stopped Jenkins, deleted all ldap* from the plugins/ directory, and > > started Jenkins (this is > 1.564). I see that an old version (1.6) of the ldap plugin has been expanded > into the plugins/ > directory, and is listed under Manage Jenkins --> Plugin Manager. > > > > I'm not using LDAP for authentication. In Manage Jenkins --> Configure > > Global Security, I have CAS > authentication selected, and _not_ LDAP. > > > > Is it possible that, contrary to the documentation, the LDPS plugin _is_ > > still bundled with the > Jenkins core? > > > > Thanks > > Matthew > > > > > > > > > > -- > > This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential, copyright and or > > privileged material, and > are for the use of the intended addressee only. If you are not the intended > addressee or an authorised > recipient of the addressee please notify us of receipt by returning the > e-mail and do not use, copy, > retain, distribute or disclose the information in or attached to the e-mail. > > Any opinions expressed within this e-mail are those of the individual and > > not necessarily of Diamond > Light Source Ltd. > > Diamond Light Source Ltd. cannot guarantee that this e-mail or any > > attachments are free from viruses > and we cannot accept liability for any damage which you may sustain as a > result of software viruses > which may be transmitted in or with the message. > > Diamond Light Source Limited (company no. 4375679). Registered in England > > and Wales with its > registered office at Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, > Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 > 0DE, United Kingdom > > > > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Jenkins Users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to jenkinsci- > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to jenkinsci- > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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