[MRBS-general] Error in MRBS Documentation

[Marc C. <mc...@ho...>]

Found a few errors (well, some misleading info) in the MRBS
documentation...

 

http://mrbs.sourceforge.net/AUTHENTICATION.html

 

+------+------------------------+-------------------+-------------------
-----+

|ldap  |Users validated using   |                   |
|

|      |LDAP directory services.|                   |
|

|      |                        |  - For corporate  |  - Does not work
on the|

|      |                        |  intranets using  |  Internet?
|

|      |                        |  LDAP directory   |
|

|      |                        |  services.        |
|

|      |                        |                   |
|

+------+------------------------+-------------------+-------------------
-----+

 

 

LDAP DOES work over the internet... s’not just for intranets. Am using
it quite happily on our install, and it works internally, externally
etc.

 

PHP needs to be compiled using –-with-ldap –that’s the only bit of
pre-emptive-config needed to get it up n’ running. Static routes need
setting between AD Servers and the webserver to force comms to go
internally…

 

 

And, further down same page...

 

Multiple base distinguished names with the same user attribute for each

base dn:

# 'auth_ldap' configuration settings

# Where is the LDAP server

$ldap_host = "localhost";

# LDAP base distinguish names

$ldap_base_dn[] = "ou=People, o=myCompany, c=US";

$ldap_base_dn[] = "ou=Administrators, o=myCompany, c=US";

#

$ldap_user_attrib = "uid";

 

Could do with a bit stating that fallback can be used when referring to
LDAP server that ISN'T local host...

 

Eg:

# Where is the LDAP server

$ldap_host = "10.126.96.33 10.126.96.34 10.126.96.38";

 

A space-separated list of IPs or fqdns – if the first is unreachable /
fails, it’ll try the next, and the next and so on… useful in a Forest
with multiple Domain Controllers such as most RM-CC3 networks…

 

 

Marc A Coyles - Horbury School ICT Support Team

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