[TYPO3] LDAP Help

[Joerg Schoppet]

Strader, William A. wrote:
> Question where can I get more info on the ldap_library and the other
> extensions assiocated with that extension.  I am wanting to intergrate Typo3
> v4.0.1 with our AD (Win2k) system and have people authenticate using that
> vs. a build in system...  So if anyone can point me in the right direction
> that would be really nice :)
> 
> Thanks,
>  
> Billy Strader
> WebPool

Hi William,

I've also integrated our TYPO3 with our AD, but with an other way.

First, I let the people authenticate with the apache "mod_ldap" module 
against the AD. After this I know, that the person is allowed to view 
our page. For TYPO3 I created an extension which automatically login an 
user (fe and be, configurable for each user and the whole system). If 
the user doesn't exists I create him, with data from the AD (using 
ldap_lib and ldap_server) and assign him to a general group.

The only big problem I had, was that our employees are sorted in the AD 
into regions (e.g. OU=AMER) and countries (e.g. OU=DE), so I normally 
would have to make up to three searches until I found the person (we 
have three regions with there own AD-Servers).
But then I found the magic words "global catalog". This virtual catalog 
contains all "things" in an AD and is accessible over the port 3268.

Hope this helps.

Regards

Joerg Schoppet