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

[Charles Fulton]

We’ve used wpmuldap at Lafayette for years and while its deprecation gives us pause it hasn’t broken (yet). We’ve made very few customizations to it. 

Charles


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Charles Fulton
Senior Web Applications Developer
Lafayette College

> On Apr 28, 2016, at 1:13 PM, Michael Barnard <mbarnard at mtholyoke.edu> wrote:
> 
> 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 <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
> -- 
> Carl Strolle
> Director of Web Strategy
> Williams College
> 413.597.4565
> ces4 at williams.edu <mailto:ces4 at williams.edu>
> 
> 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
> 
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