topic Re: LDAP in Alfresco Archive

LDAP

vzx34 — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:32:55 GMT

i have yet to find steps on this that i can really follow as i'm kind of a novice. i want to start following the instructions that seem clear here http://www.ochounos.com/#blog/6but to start with i don't find the same paths listed at all. is it a version difference? am i creating not just fi

Re: LDAP

qkyrie — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:39:31 GMT

The tomcat shared folder simply adds to the deploying webapplications. Therefore you can simply create the folders listed in the blogpost, they will be added at deploytime as if they were actually part of the webapplication.

I recommend following the Alfresco wiki for this one:
http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Alfresco_Authentication_Subsystems

Re: LDAP

vzx34 — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:54:33 GMT

also of note i'm finding ldap-authentication.properties file, instead of creating file and directory is it possible to use this?

i am using bitnami on ubuntu 12 instance of alfresco 4.2 and integrating with active directory

Re: LDAP

vzx34 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:09:18 GMT

ok i thnk i'm getting closer. followed thsee instructions and i get past the login page with my domain credentials but only a blank page is displayed. idea's? where can i find logs in apache-tomcat?

ldap.authentication.active=true
#personal choice, i always want everyone to login:
ldap.authentication.allowGuestLogin=false
ldap.authentication.userNameFormat=uid=%s,ou=Users,dc=domain,dc=local
ldap.authentication.java.naming.factory.initial=com.sun.jndi.ldap.LdapCtxFactory
ldap.authentication.java.naming.provider.url=ldap://<ldapservername>:389
ldap.authentication.java.naming.security.authentication=simple
ldap.authentication.escapeCommasInBind=false
ldap.authentication.escapeCommasInUid=false
ldap.authentication.defaultAdministratorUserNames=<user1>,<user2>
#this is set so all my groups and users will exist in alfresco, even if they have not yet signed in, so they can be invited easly to an new project(site)
ldap.synchronization.active=true
ldap.synchronization.java.naming.security.authentication=simple
ldap.synchronization.java.naming.security.principal=cn\=admin,dc\=company,dc\=local
ldap.synchronization.java.naming.security.credentials=<typeadminuserpasswordhere>

Re: LDAP

vzx34 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:15:57 GMT

this may help others but it turned into a combination of blogs and kind of mix and match to get my configuration correct.

http://andoylang.wordpress.com/2010/07/18/alfresco-with-active-directory/

http://www.ochounos.com/#blog/6

http://blog.infoaxon.com/alfresco-integration-active-directory/1313

Re: LDAP

vzx34 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:18:10 GMT

back to the drawing board. LDAP authentication worked for awhile, now it doesn't again. i changed nothing and started having users use it…aaarrr :x

idea's on what went wrong?

Re: LDAP

mrogers — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:41:23 GMT

No - you need to give details of what you have configured and where and any errors from your log files.