[horde] lib/Horde/Prefs/ldap.php, anonymous binding

[Ben Sommer]

Hi All.

Here's my problem, and a proposed solution:

Horde's Prefs ldap driver requires either
    A) a root DN and password to search for and modify a user's prefs 
fields, or
    B) a simple-to-concatenate user DN formula (such 
$conf['prefs']['params']['uid'] + a $base_dn)

A) is a problem because root binds to an LDAP server are neither 
necessary nor desired to do most any user-level write operations.
B) is a problem because my person schema does not conform to such a 
simplistic formula. DNs look like this:

    ueid=84kjasd99,ou=8,ou=people,dc=enc,dc=edu

The solution is to make the Prefs ldap driver behave like most LDAP apps 
that need to do write operations: do an anonymous bind, search for the 
entry to modify using a filter, then rebind as the DN of that entry and 
do the write.

I can do this. Any objections?

Best,

-- 
Ben Sommer
Senior Technology Officer
Eastern Nazarene College
23 East Elm Ave
Quincy, MA 02170
(617) 745-3817