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

[Ryan Evans]

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I would love it if you could do this, as I believe this is my problem 
why I cannot get my ldap to work with this version :)

cheers!

Ryan


Ben Sommer wrote:

>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,
>
>  
>


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