#91 Interface with LDAP or Active Directory

[Anonymous]

Is it possible to have interface from WebCollab with
LDAP server or Active Directory (AD)?
We would like to have the user database stored in AD
or LDAP that will be used by WebCollab.

[Andrew Simpson]

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I have looked at LDAP a few times, but always given up.
It's not really an area that interests me (Hint: Patches are
welcome).

Note that WebCollab already accepts remote authentication by
the webserver. Patching LDAP authentication into this could
be a first step?

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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Maybe this can help.

I'm currently using webcollab with Active Directory by
setting up Webcollab to use the web server authentication
on IIS and then using the NTLM integrated security of IIS.
All my users can access the webcollab directly without
being required to login. Their current Windows username
and password is used automatically for authentication. If
you require the user to provide their (windows) username
and password then you can just use basic authentication on
IIS instead of NTLM.

For this to work, you need to use IIS and IE.

You still need to create each user profile in webcollab
before your users can use it. If you are using NTLM, just
make sure to use the full "Domain\User" username. The
webcollab password is not important in that situation
(will not be used). But since the password is sent by
email to the user, I usualy put a significant text for the
password. Something like "No password needed, current
windows credential will be used".

Hope this help.

[Andrew Simpson]

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Thanks.

If there's no objections, I'll add this comment to the FAQ.

[Michel Lapointe]

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No problem Andrew.

Thanks

Michel