History of AuthenticationPluginLdap

LDAP is the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, and provides user authentication via an LDAP server. Use of the plugin requires that both PEAR:Auth and the php ldap module are installed in your web server setup. In addition, obviously, an operational LDAP server is also required.

[http://www.openldap.org/|The OpenLDAP Project] is a useful starting point for setting up a working LDAP system although alternatives are also available. Most of the Linux distributions will have an LDAP server setup that can be enabled if required.

!!!Configuring access
Once correctly enabled, an LDAP tab will be provided on the Login Settings page, and this needs to be populated with the access information for your LDAP server.

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!!!Other useful links
[http://uk.php.net/ldap|PHP LDAP Package]
[http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.authentication.auth.php|PEAR Auth Module]
[http://phpldapadmin.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page|phpLDAPAdmin administration package]