[Koha] Koha authentication against existing LDAP directory

[Mason James]

On 2009/06/3, at 3:51 PM, Ben Finney wrote:

> Mason James <mason.loves.sushi at gmail.com>
> writes:
>
>> On 2009/06/3, at 3:31 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
>>
>>> Mason James <mason.loves.sushi at gmail.com>
>>> writes:
>>>
>>>> well, this specifically is tricky - as koha expects some basic user
>>>> records, as Joe stated...
>>>> why not try to get a basic koha+LDAP system first, then aim for  
>>>> this
>>>> advanced setup
>>>
>>> Just to clarify, what is it you mean by “a basic Koha+LDAP system”?
>>> Does it or does it not require use of a privileged LDAP user?
>>
>>
>> to my knowledge, no it doesnt
>
> Thanks for your response.
>
> I'm confused over an apparent contradiction, then. When I asked:
>
>> Ben Finney <ben+koha at benfinney.id.au> writes:
>>> How can I get authentication working with Koha like with other LDAP
>>> clients?
>
>>> In particular, without duplicating or storing privileged user
>>> credentials in the Koha configuration.
>
> You (Mason) replied:
>
>> well, this specifically is tricky - as koha expects some basic user
>> records, as Joe stated...
>
> So, asking again: How can I get authentication working with Koha,
> without requiring the duplication or storage of privileged LDAP user
> credentials in the Koha configuration?


AFAIK, currently you cant, without some hacking

Sorry, im not an LDAP expert, im an LDAP newbie
The *only* time i've used LDAP was to set up a koha 3 months ago.

i dont understand what a "privileged" ldap user really is ;)
or what "privileged user credentials" are

so i may not be the person to give you the expect info you need.

from memory, i used the Auth_with_ldap.pm from HEAD
http://git.koha.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=Koha;a=blob;f=C4/ 
Auth_with_ldap.pm;h=cbe0b51ab76135b9df1b499c9486abc4674283da;hb=HEAD