[TYPO3] ldap problem

[James Rivera]

OK forget half of that.
I am not able to grab groups from ldap because I had to change my base.
However, the groups show up in typo3 but the users aren't actually
assigned to any of them. And I still can't login through the front end.

James Rivera wrote:
> Hi,
> I've been trying to use eu_ldap with better_loginbox. When I try logging
> in as an ldap user, the devlog shows that the user was successfully
> authenticated but in the FE the login still fails.
> I was unable to import groups from LDAP directly so I had to create a
> group in typo3 and assign the ldap user to it.
>
> I was unable to import from LDAP because I do not know the syntax for
> the section:*
> how to match the usergroup (when not using standard implementation)
> *I use OpenLDAP and the group (e.g., Accounting) is stored in the ou
> field and not in posixGroup:memberUid.
> I tried inputting ou and organizationalPerson:ou but neither populated
> the groups.
>
> However if I put title=ou in the* import these additional fields*
> section, The departmental group shows up in the title.
> Is usergroup expecting a number or a string? because ou contains the
> departmental group name. Also, does the usergroup from ldap have to
> match an existing one in typo3 or does typo3 create new groups when it
> finds a new one imported from ldap?
>
> Although this is a problem, I don't know if it has anything to do with
> not being able to login as an ldap user even though the log verifies
> they successfully authenticated.
>
> Any help please?
> Thanks
>
>
>   


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Thank You,

James J. Rivera
Senior Programmer/Database Administrator
Graphic Systems Group, LLC
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New York, NY 10003
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