From Authentication Tools for Joomla! (JAuthTools)

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.

Contents 1 General Settings 1.1 Use Global Settings 1.2 Autocreate Users 2 Server Settings 2.1 Host 2.2 Port 2.3 LDAP V3 2.4 Negotiate TLS 2.5 Don't follow referrals 3 LDAP Tree Settings 3.1 Base DN 3.2 Connect Username 3.3 Connect password 3.4 Search string 3.5 Users DN 3.6 Group Map

General Settings

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

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

Autocreate a user if it is possible (e.g. user is recognized via LDAP but not in Joomla!).

Note: In J!1.5 this is stored in the global configuration settings

Server Settings

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. This may be required by your server (e.g. OpenLDAP)

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.

LDAP Tree Settings

Base DN

The Base DN of the tree.

Connect Username

Connection username to be passed to the server. Used for default authentication.

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

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

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.