Tickets :: Comment on [#1786] LDAP Preferences

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Comment	> Here's my proposed solution to this problem: > > > > Horde's Prefs ldap driver requires either > > A) a root DN and password to search for and modify a user's prefs > > fields, or > > B) a simple-to-concatenate user DN formula (such > > $conf['prefs']['params']['uid'] + a $base_dn) > > > > A) is a problem because root binds to an LDAP server are neither > > necessary nor desired to do most any user-level write operations. > > B) is a problem because my (like the original poster's) person schema > does not conform to such a simplistic formula. DNs look like this: > > > > ueid=84kjasd99,ou=8,ou=people,dc=enc,dc=edu > > > > The solution is to make the Prefs ldap driver behave like most LDAP apps > > that need to do write operations: do an anonymous bind, search for the > > entry to modify using a filter, then rebind as the DN of that entry and > > do the write. > > > > This is a config issue, and horde admins should be aware of the > option. To this end, I added an option under LDAP-config Preferences > in conf.xml.
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