[TYPO3-GSoC] GSoC idea proposal

[Sadanand Dandge]

>
> Hi Ingo,
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> On 24 March 2010 16:11, Ingo Renner <ingo at typo3.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> Am 23.03.2010 um 06:42 schrieb Sadanand Dandge:
>>
>> Hi Sadanand,
>>
>> > NAME:  Sadanand Dandge
>> > EMAIL:  sadanand.b.dandge at gmail.com
>> > IDEA:
>> > Hi,
>> > I am a sophomore(CSE) from India. I would like to discuss my idea about
>> the LDAP User and Groups management.
>> >
>> > This idea comprises seamless integration of users and groups across
>> multiple directory implementations(such as AD, OpenLDAP, eDirectory etc).
>> > This would involve development of the admin interface to add the LDAP
>> configurations, UI for mapping the typo3 objects(say database fields) with
>> the LDAP parameters, and support for import/export of the users between LDAP
>> directory and typo3.
>> > Please share your thoughts on this.
>> >
>> > STUDENT:  1
>>
>> thanks for sharing your idea. There's already an extension that connects
>> TYPO3 with LDAP:
>> https://typo3.org/extensions/repository/view/eu_ldap/current/
>>
>> Did you have a look at it already? How about improving the existing
>> extension?
>>
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>

> Yes, I could configure the eu_ldap extension for OpenLDAP. In this proposal
> what I meant is to develop a generic extension(that would be a enhancement
> over the existing one).
> This extension will try to separate the LDAP server configurations with the
> User/group object's configuration.
> So, the server configuration will involve just field related to the
> server(i.e. hostname, port, base DN etc).
>
> The next thing would be, to provide interface for configuring the user
> template(i.e. mapping of the User attributes in typo3 and the chosen LDAP
> backend). This should help administrator to configure *any* number of
> parameters(hence should not limited to user object as such, should work for
> any parameter and the objectclass group).
>
> The next task would be to provide utility like interface for admin to
> map/inport/export the actual users to the LDAP backend.
>
> Please share/suggest your thoughts.
>


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>>
>> all the best
>> Ingo
>>
>> P.S. If you have any more questions regarding GSoC and TYPO3 please feel
>> free to write to the mailinglist we have set up for that purpose:
>> http://lists.typo3.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/typo3-gsoc
>>
>> --
>> Ingo Renner
>> TYPO3 Core Developer, Release Manager TYPO3 4.2, Admin Google Summer of
>> Code
>>
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>>
>
Regards

Lalit