On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Anders Mydland <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> It's perfectly ok to disagree with the priority. However, right now,
> MyBuddy by definition does not work  when the sipxopenfire component uses
> LDAP for authentication.
>
I will keep the priority as original

>
> I posted this comment on the issue:
>
> "If it's possible to reconfigure Openfire to work around this issue, I
> agree that this is preferable.
> In my experience, though, Openfire uses _either_ LDAP _or_ local users, not
> a combination.

This is correct

>
>
> With the current config, both the admin user and mybuddy user in the
> Openfire DB are useless when LDAP auth is enabled - and MyBuddy will not
> work.
> The imbot is unable to login to Openfire unless a user exists in LDAP with
> the exact same username and password as is defined in the SIPXCONFIG
> database.
>
> It's already possible to change the imbot username in the GUI (System ->
> Servers -> <servername> -> MyBuddy), so it should be easy enough to add a
> password field that updates the SIPXCONFIG database.
> The database field in question can be found in table "setting_value" where
> path = "imbot/imPassword".
>
> By changing this manually, I am able to get the imbot to login using LDAP,
> but it's not exactly intuitive... "
>
>
>
> I hope this clarifies the issue....
>
>
> Yes, it does - Thanks
Mircea

>
>
> Med vennlig hilsen / Best regards
>
> Anders Mydland
>
>
>
>
> 2011/4/27 Mircea Carasel <[email protected]>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Regarding http://track.sipfoundry.org/browse/XX-9570 issue, I am not sure
>> I understand the requirements
>>
>> It is said:
>>
>> "When using LDAP authentication with Instant Messaging, there needs to be
>> a way to enable MyBuddy to authenticate with an LDAP user.
>>
>> Thus, the ability to change the imbot password is required in the GUI.
>> As of now, only the ability to change the imbot username exists
>>
>> Ideally, the administrator should be prompted for these credentials when
>> enabling LDAP auth for Instant Messaging."
>>
>> This sounds rather like an improvement instead of a critical bug...
>>
>> I noticed a my buddy tab on edit user page, as well as on user portal, but
>> didn't find any place where username can be changed...
>>
>> Any feedback appreciated,
>>
>>  Mircea
>>
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