[wp-edu] LDAP account synchronization/Permissions for users that don't yet exist

[Annette Pedersen]

Well, here’s another olden one: We use
WPMU Ldap Authentication
It works great.
Maybe there just isn’t a lot of running changes to LDAP-integrations?
And I’m guessing a lot of institutions using LDAP will be running servers etc are run behind their usual firewalls & security?

Best regards
Annette

Annette Pedersen
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Emne: Re: [wp-edu] LDAP account synchronization/Permissions for users that don't yet exist

A plugin like that sounds great in terms of functionality, but the fact that it hasn't been updated since 2012 makes it a non-starter for us, unfortunately.


On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 1:00 PM, Carl Strolle <ces4 at williams.edu<mailto:ces4 at williams.edu>> wrote:
Hi Ian,

Here at Williams we use the LDAP authentication plugin found here:

http://wpmuldap.tuxdocs.net

It allows us to create users prior to login and even allows bulk user creation. It was added to our site before I arrived here, so I don't know whether we needed to customize it at all. Also, looks like public version hasn't been updated in a few years.

Regards,
Carl
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Carl Strolle
Director of Web Strategy
Williams College
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On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 12:12 PM, Altgilbers, Ian M <Ian.Altgilbers at tufts.edu<mailto:Ian.Altgilbers at tufts.edu>> wrote:
Hello all,

We currently use LDAP for authentication to our WordPress multi-site installation, and user accounts are created when the user first logs in.  However, we often need to be able to add users to a site before they’ve logged in.  We have been doing this via a separate custom portal that creates the user accounts “as needed”, but we’re trying to retire that tool and break that dependency.

Does anyone do any sort of account synchronization with a directory (LDAP or AD)?   If not, how do/would you handle granting users access before they’ve logged in?


Thanks,


Ian Altgilbers
Senior Systems Administrator
Educational Technology Services
Tufts Technology Services
Tufts University

Phone: 617.627.0388<tel:617.627.0388>
http://it.tufts.edu/ests


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