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mod_auth_ldap: Change default of ldap_scope from onelevel to subtree which seems to match many deployments
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2 labels:
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3 - 'Stage-Alpha'
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4 - 'Type-Auth'
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5 summary: LDAP authentication module
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6 ...
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8 Introduction
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9 ============
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11 This is a Prosody authentication plugin which uses LDAP as the backend.
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13 Dependecies
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14 ===========
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16 This module depends on [LuaLDAP](http://www.keplerproject.org/lualdap/)
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17 for connecting to an LDAP server.
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19 Configuration
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20 =============
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22 Copy the module to the prosody modules/plugins directory.
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24 In Prosody's configuration file, under the desired host section, add:
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26 ``` {.lua}
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27 authentication = "ldap"
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28 ldap_base = "ou=people,dc=example,dc=com"
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29 ```
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31 Further LDAP options are:
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33 Name Description Default value
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34 ---------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------
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35 ldap\_base LDAP base directory which stores user accounts **Required field**
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36 ldap\_server Space-separated list of hostnames or IPs, optionally with port numbers (e.g. "localhost:8389") `"localhost"`
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37 ldap\_rootdn The distinguished name to auth against `"" (anonymous)`
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38 ldap\_password Password for rootdn `""`
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39 ldap\_filter Search filter, with `$user` and `$host` substituded for user- and hostname `"(uid=$user)"`
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40 ldap\_scope Search scope. other values: "base" and "onelevel" `"subtree"`
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41 ldap\_tls Enable TLS (StartTLS) to connect to LDAP (can be true or false). The non-standard 'LDAPS' protocol is not supported. `false`
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42 ldap\_mode How passwords are validated. `"bind"`
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44 **Note:** lua-ldap reads from `/etc/ldap/ldap.conf` and other files like
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45 `~prosody/.ldaprc` if they exist. Users wanting to use a particular TLS
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46 root certificate can specify it in the normal way using TLS\_CACERT in
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47 the OpenLDAP config file.
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49 Modes
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50 =====
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52 The `"getpasswd"` mode requires plain text access to passwords in LDAP
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53 and feeds them into Prosodys authentication system. This enables more
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54 secure authentication mechanisms but does not work for all deployments.
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56 The `"bind"` mode performs an LDAP bind, does not require plain text
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57 access to passwords but limits you to the PLAIN authentication
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60 Compatibility
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61 =============
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63 Works with 0.8 and later.