I am not competent on this. Fran is the main author of the ldap module. I suggest you get together and send me a patch.
On Sep 1, 10:14 pm, Don Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Agreed. > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Ahmed Soliman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sure flexibility is needed but what I've spotted is a 'bug', it won't > > remove the flexibility, what I was suggesting about LDAP groups is the > > best practice for doing such things... > > > Best Regards, > > > On Sep 1, 4:49 pm, Don <[email protected]> wrote: > > > What happens in the case that you have no administrative access to the > > > LDAP server, and asking an admin to create such a group for you is > > > really not an option. LDAP only is the correct solution for you but > > > may not be the case for everyone. A flexible option is always best. > > > One that allows you to customize your authentication in a way that > > > best fits your organization. > > > > On Sep 1, 7:07 am, Ahmed Soliman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The *Correct* method of having a selected group of users authorized to > > > > access your system is to use LDAP groups and that's something I intend > > > > to add to web2py as currently LDAP support is really basic. > > > > > In my case, I want to authenticate only against LDAP and no > > > > registration is required. > > > > > On Sep 1, 12:18 pm, Don Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I know it seems strange but LDAP authentication works best if you > > follow the > > > > > books recommendation. I spent some time trying to understand the > > code. I > > > > > used wingIDE to try to understand what was going on (I am new to > > python). I > > > > > tried only LDAP, inserting LDAP before the reference to auth, and > > doing what > > > > > the book recommended, which is to append LDAP. > > > > > > I think the way the code is written, LDAP should be appended. > > Otherwise, > > > > > anyone from your LDAP server can login and use the application, and > > this may > > > > > be what you want. But I would wager that most people will not want > > this. > > > > > In a company of 1000 people, you may only want 20 of those people to > > have > > > > > access to your application. Appending forces the users to register, > > and it > > > > > configured, allows the administrator to approve the user the before > > they > > > > > gain access. > > > > > > The major problem I had with appending LDAP is that the password is > > checked > > > > > against the local password database first. In my scenario, the user > > > > > registers with no password because the LDAP server already has their > > > > > password. So when I approve them, I either have to manually change > > the > > > > > empty password to something the user will not know or figure out a > > way to > > > > > automate that. Because the local empty password will be accepted. > > But once > > > > > I have set the password to something the user would never type, LDAP > > > > > authentication works. > > > > > > *** A word of caution to anyone testing LDAP on ubuntu 9.04, > > apparently > > > > > there is something wrong with trying to connect to a secure LDAP > > server. I > > > > > could only get non-SSL connections to work. Secure connections > > worked fine > > > > > with RedHat. > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Ahmed Soliman <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Hello Everybody, > > > > > > I've seen a *possible* bug if I got things right in the > > authentication > > > > > > code, let me tell you about how to reproduce it first. > > > > > > * > > > > > > * > > > > > > *steps to reproduce:* > > > > > > > 1. I use LDAP authentication (LDAP only, no local authentication > > > > > > wanted) so I set my > > > > > > > auth.settings.login_methods = ldap_auth(server=ldapConfig.server, > > > > > > base_dn=ldapConfig.basedn, mode=ldapConfig.searchattr)] > > > > > > > 1. When I try to login with LDAP account things go great and the > > user > > > > > > is created in the authentication database as caching, next time > > you login > > > > > > with that user you will be able to login with any password!, the > > LDAP > > > > > > authentication is not even checked! > > > > > > 2. When you try to login with any other unknown user in the > > database, > > > > > > the LDAP authentication is checked and fails as expected. > > > > > > > I'm submitting the patch against the source version and the fix is > > really > > > > > > simple, please review and consider for merge. > > > > > > > Note: I noticed 'self.settings.alternate_requires_registration' and > > I > > > > > > didn't understand its role, but it's set to False by default and > > setting it > > > > > > to True will cause the following > > > > > > 1- Initially you won't be able to authenticate to LDAP users that > > are not > > > > > > already in the cache, but if they are in the cache already things > > work fine > > > > > > and you can't see the bug, so it's confusing what it should > > 'actually' do. > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > Ahmed Soliman > > > > > > Software Engineer > > > > > > B-Virtual Team. > > > > > > > Thebe Technology. Egypt - Belgium > > > > > > 16 Nehro St. Heliopolis. 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