plugins/LdapAuthorization/README

   1 The LDAP Authorization plugin allows for StatusNet to handle authorization
   2 through LDAP.
   3
   4 Installation
   5 ============
   6 add "addPlugin('ldapAuthorization',
   7     array('setting'=>'value', 'setting2'=>'value2', ...);"
   8 to the bottom of your config.php
   9
  10 You *cannot* use this plugin without the LDAP Authentication plugin
  11
  12 Settings
  13 ========
  14 provider_name*: name of the LDAP authentication provider that this plugin works with.
  15 authoritative (false): should this plugin be authoritative for
  16     authorization?
  17 uniqueMember_attribute ('uniqueMember')*: the attribute of a group
  18     that lists the DNs of its members
  19 roles_to_groups*: array that maps StatusNet roles to LDAP groups
  20     some StatusNet roles are: moderator, administrator, sandboxed, silenced
  21 login_group: if this is set to a group DN, only members of that group will be
  22     allowed to login
  23
  24 The below settings must be exact copies of the settings used for the
  25     corresponding LDAP Authentication plugin.
  26
  27 host*: LDAP server name to connect to. You can provide several hosts in an
  28     array in which case the hosts are tried from left to right.
  29     See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
  30 port: Port on the server.
  31     See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
  32 version: LDAP version.
  33     See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
  34 starttls: TLS is started after connecting.
  35     See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
  36 binddn: The distinguished name to bind as (username).
  37     See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
  38 bindpw: Password for the binddn.
  39     See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
  40 basedn*: LDAP base name (root directory).
  41     See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
  42 options: See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
  43 filter: Default search filter.
  44     See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
  45 scope: Default search scope.
  46     See http://pear.php.net/manual/en/package.networking.net-ldap2.connecting.php
  47
  48 * required
  49 default values are in (parenthesis)
  50
  51 Example
  52 =======
  53 Here's an example of an LDAP plugin configuration that connects to
  54     Microsoft Active Directory.
  55
  56 addPlugin('ldapAuthentication', array(
  57     'provider_name'=>'Example',
  58     'authoritative'=>true,
  59     'autoregistration'=>true,
  60     'binddn'=>'username',
  61     'bindpw'=>'password',
  62     'basedn'=>'OU=Users,OU=StatusNet,OU=US,DC=americas,DC=global,DC=loc',
  63     'host'=>array('server1', 'server2'),
  64     'password_encoding'=>'ad',
  65     'attributes'=>array(
  66         'username'=>'sAMAccountName',
  67         'nickname'=>'sAMAccountName',
  68         'email'=>'mail',
  69         'fullname'=>'displayName',
  70         'password'=>'unicodePwd')
  71 ));
  72 addPlugin('ldapAuthorization', array(
  73     'provider_name'=>'Example',
  74     'authoritative'=>false,
  75     'uniqueMember_attribute'=>'uniqueMember',
  76     'roles_to_groups'=> array(
  77         'moderator'=>'CN=SN-Moderators,OU=Users,OU=StatusNet,OU=US,DC=americas,DC=global,DC=loc',
  78         'administrator'=> array('CN=System-Adminstrators,OU=Users,OU=StatusNet,OU=US,DC=americas,DC=global,DC=loc',
  79                                 'CN=SN-Administrators,OU=Users,OU=StatusNet,OU=US,DC=americas,DC=global,DC=loc')
  80         ),
  81     'binddn'=>'username',
  82     'bindpw'=>'password',
  83     'basedn'=>'OU=Users,OU=StatusNet,OU=US,DC=americas,DC=global,DC=loc',
  84     'host'=>array('server1', 'server2')
  85 ));
  86