[Koha-win32] Re: [Koha] LDAP authentication -- Joy!.....

[Scott Owen]

Hi all,

Just answering the my own issue for list(s) consumption, maybe it'll 
help someone in the future.
(since it looks like win32 users may be stuck on 2.2.9 for a while...)

I switched back to the css them (I was using the npl), and LDAP 
authentication started working MUCH more like I expected.

I was able to pretty much just copy the script changes from
http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=ldap&s=ldap

and Ta! Da! I had working LDAP authentication
(a BIG thanks to whoever wrote and posted this script to the wiki...it 
worked perfectly!)

I made a couple modifications (see below) to allow users in different 
contexts to login.
In my case I have a O=SCHOOL and two OU's ou=students and ou=staff.


   ##################################################
   ### LOCAL
   ### Change the code below to match your own LDAP server.
   ##################################################

   # LDAP connection parameters

   # LDAP server
   my $ldapserver = '10.1.1.7';

   # Base DN for users
   my $name  = "ou=students,o=SCHOOL";
   my $name2  = "ou=staff,o=SCHOOL";

   # Bind uses the users full DN, if uid doesn't work try "cn"
   my $binddn = "cn=$userid,$name";
   my $binddn2  = "cn=$userid,$name2";

   my $db = Net::LDAP->new( $ldapserver );
  
   # do bind
   my $res =$db->bind(
           dn    =>$binddn,
           password =>$password);
  
   # do bind
   my $res =$db->bind(
           dn    =>$binddn2,
           password =>$password);   



   # check result, any other result than LDAP_SUCCESS (0)
   # is a problem
   if($res->code != 0 ) {
       # auth refused
       warn "Auth failed. LDAP server not responding or invalid 
credentials provided";