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== LDAP for SME Server ==
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{{Warning box|If you enable ldap auth, it'll remove all your groups, users, ibay accounts from the unix databases so everything is only in LDAP.
{{Level|Advanced}}
 
  
=== Description ===
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If you attempt to then disable LDAP Authentication this will break everything as you won't have any functioning accounts afterwards, and you will disable LDAP master auth functionality.}}
Adding LDAP authentication to sme was easy.
 
We just needed to add the attribute userPassword to the users entries in the ldap
 
server and keep them in sync with the passwords stored in /etc/shadow.
 
  
For SME 8 only, and for simplicity LDAP remains readonly
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LDAP authentication can be enabled (Experimental). Warning - Once enabled it cannot be disabled, so experiment with care. To enable:
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db configuration setprop ldap Authentication enabled
  
This allows  the use of SME user's database in other applications
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{{Warning box|Do not attempt to disable LDAP Authentication once enabled as it will cause your server to become unuseable.}}
: either local, eg. a LAMP app
 
: on the server itself, eg. egroupware
 
: on the local network, eg. another server in the local network which runs an ERP, but uses SME server user/group database
 
: or even a remote host, eg. a GLPI instance used to manage requests from several clients using SME server.
 
  
Some applications have the possibility to use imap/pop authentication (egroupware, GLPI, maybe others), but some don't offer this possibility, but can use only LDAP. imap/pop isn't as powerful as LDAP as we can only check user/password, whereas with LDAP, we can check other attributes, groups of the user etc.
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{{Note box|For LDAP authentication for applications see [[LDAP_Authentication_for_applications|LDAP Authentication for applications]]}}
 
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The other attributes, eg group membership are yet to be added
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[[Category:Howto]]
 
 
=== Installation ===
 
SME 8 only, e-smith-ldap-5.2.0-5.el5.sme from smetest or smeupdates-testing
 
 
 
This rpm is currently held in the smetest repository, the following commands will install on your smeserver.
 
 
 
yum install e-smith-ldap  --enablerepo=smetest --enablerepo=smeupdates-testing --exclude=*+ldap
 
 
 
no other package is needed, if it says it does it's an issue with the repos's, download manually and 'yum localinstall'
 
 
 
signal-event post-upgrade;  signal-event reboot
 
 
 
=== Uninstall ===
 
Not needed the new method is benign,
 
 
 
=== Usage ===
 
Test with your email addressbook
 
[[:SME_Server:Documentation:User_Manual:Chapter2]]
 
 
 
View your LDAP Schema, ObjectClasses and Attributes with [[:Phpldapadmin ]]
 
, This contrib works on sme8
 
 
 
Example setups for different types of clients
 
 
 
==== SugarCRM ====
 
 
 
: Enabled LDAP server
 
: Server: IP of the SME server
 
: Port Number: 389
 
: Base DN: dc=sampledomain,dc=com
 
: Bind Attribute: dn
 
: Login Attribute: uid
 
: Authenticated User: uid=root,ou=Users,dc=sampledomain,dc=com
 
: Authenticated Password: ldaps admin's password
 
: Enabled Auto Create Users
 
 
 
=== Bugs ===
 
Please raise bugs under the SME-Contribs section in [http://bugs.contribs.org/enter_bug.cgi bugzilla]
 
and select the smeserver-? component or use {{BugzillaFileBug|product=SME%20Contribs|component=smeserver-?|title=this link}}.
 
 
 
<noinclude>[[Category: Contrib]]</noinclude>
 

Latest revision as of 03:34, 13 August 2016

Warning.png Warning:
If you enable ldap auth, it'll remove all your groups, users, ibay accounts from the unix databases so everything is only in LDAP.

If you attempt to then disable LDAP Authentication this will break everything as you won't have any functioning accounts afterwards, and you will disable LDAP master auth functionality.


LDAP authentication can be enabled (Experimental). Warning - Once enabled it cannot be disabled, so experiment with care. To enable:

db configuration setprop ldap Authentication enabled


Warning.png Warning:
Do not attempt to disable LDAP Authentication once enabled as it will cause your server to become unuseable.



Important.png Note:
For LDAP authentication for applications see LDAP Authentication for applications