From Authentication Tools for Joomla! (JAuthTools)

Revision as of 14:31, 2 June 2007

There are many parameters for LDAP Tools, some which might be a bit confusing as to their true purpose. This page aims to document them in more detail.

General Params

Use Global Settings

Plugins: LDAP SSO, LDAP SSI, LDAP Sync and HTTP SSO bots for Joomla! 1.0

User the Joomla! LDAP Library configuration settings.

Autocreate Users

Note: Only for SSO/SSI/HTTP SSO

Autocreate a user if it is possible (e.g. user is recognized via LDAP but no in Joomla!)

Host

The host name of the server to connect.

Port

The port to connect to the server. This will normally be fine with the default.

LDAP V3

Use LDAP Version 3

Negotiate TLS

Use TLS (like SSL) for the Connection

Don`t follow referrals

If your LDAP server is configured to refer to other hosts (for load balancing), do not enable this option. This can be a security risk.

Base DN

The Base DN of the tree.

Connect string

Connection string to be passed to the server.

Connect password

The password to use if you need one to connect to your server

Search string

A full default search string.

Users DN

User DN to search for users (allows specifying username instead of username.cn.o etc).

Group Map

Note: Only for SSO/SSI/Sync/HTTP SSO bots

Group Mapping is a system to simply map LDAP based groups to Joomla!'s group system. This information is used by the autocreate system to map users, otherwise all autocreated users are created as registered.