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Frédéric Guillot
2014-10-26 19:58:47 -04:00
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@@ -5,18 +5,21 @@ Requirements
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- LDAP extension for PHP
- LDAP server (By example: OpenLDAP or Microsoft Active Directory)
- LDAP server:
- OpenLDAP
- Microsoft Active Directory
- Novell eDirectory
Workflow
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When the LDAP authentication is activated, the login process work like that:
1. Try to authenticate the user by using the database
1. Try first to authenticate the user by using the database
2. If the user is not found inside the database, a LDAP authentication is performed
3. If the LDAP authentication is successful, a local user is created automatically with no password and marked as LDAP user.
Differences between a local user and a LDAP user are the following:
### Differences between a local user and a LDAP user are the following:
- LDAP users have no local passwords
- LDAP users can't modify their password with the user interface