Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] LDAP Schema for account info....

[David W. Jablonski]

I've done so more research on my issue and this is what I found.  
B.T.W.  I opened a TT at sourceforge #501985 that can be closed or
updated if you like.

The problem with the prefs isn't in the api as it is in the ldap setup
logic.  When using the option of having existing ldap accounts modified
to work with phpgw the LDAP uidNumber is left unchanged if it is already
there.  It seems that phpgw uses the LDAP uidNumber for the account_id 
which when left unchanged in the setup portion will need to build new
prefs for that different account_id.

I think there are 3 options:

* Change the existing LDAP uidNumber to match what is in prefs
        - I would suggest not doing this though since that is used for posix
accounts

OR

*  Change the acccount_id in the database to match the uidNumber on the
LDAP server (maybe good?)

OR

*  Add another LDAP attribute for the phpgw account_id and use that for
phpgw.

Any suggestions?  Have I completely missed something?  

Thanks...

On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 17:44, Dan Kuykendall (Seek3r) wrote:
> phpGW doesnt store prefs in LDAP. It always uses the database for that.
> About the password changing, I am not sure whats up with that. Maybe
> someone else will have more info for you
> 
> David Jablonski wrote:
> > 
> > Hello all,
> >     I've got phpGW to authorize against an Openldap 2.x server using your 
> > schemas.
> > In setup if I select use LDAP for store/retrieve accounts and then I log 
> > into phpGW
> > I get all the defaults.  I didn't see anywhere in the schema definition for 
> > storing
> > that kind of information and was wondering if this really works yet.
> > 
> >     I am using existing LDAP accounts and phpGW added the correct 
> > objectclass and
> > needed attributes but this seems to be just for account authorization and 
> > not
> > account preferences.  How does phpGW tie back into the database for account 
> > prefs
> > when using LDAP?  Do we need to extend the schema?  Also password changing 
> > doesn't
> > seem to work with the LDAP account from within phpGW.  If you need any more 
> > info let
> > me know.  Thanks...
> > 
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