ldap beginner/basic question

  • Resolved bartemannekes

    (@bartemannekes)


    3 years, 3 months ago

    Hi all,

    Just installed the plugin and configured ldap.
    When going to the login screen for wordpress I get the normal wordpress screen without a specific ldap login option. Is that ok?
    When typing username and pwd from ldap in the wordpress field, it says wrong password.
    What are the most basic steps I can do to debug this?
    (checked php error log which does not show any plugin related messages).

    Thanks a lot for your help!

    Bart

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  • Plugin Author Paul Ryan

    (@figureone)

    Aloha,

    When going to the login screen for wordpress I get the normal wordpress screen without a specific ldap login option. Is that ok?

    Yes, with LDAP configured in Authorizer, it will reuse the same username/password fields on the WordPress login form, and attempt to authenticate that LDAP user first. If that fails, it will fall back to WordPress authentication, and try the same username/password as a local WordPress user account. If that fails too, then you will see the “wrong password” error message.

    When typing username and pwd from ldap in the wordpress field, it says wrong password. What are the most basic steps I can do to debug this?

    Usually it’s just a misconfiguration in the LDAP settings, I would check:
    1. Directory user and password (bind user) are correct for your LDAP server
    2. Search base matches the tree where your LDAP users are
    3. Server port and protocol match what your server expects (for modern LDAP servers, this is typically something like ldaps://ldap.example.edu:636 (LDAP over SSL, port 636)

    Here’s a bit more info for getting some error messages out of the server if you are still struggling to get it configured correctly!
    https://github.com/uhm-coe/authorizer/issues/40

    Plugin Author pkarjala

    (@pkarjala)

    Hi @bartemannekes we have not seen a reply on this thread in 4 months. If you are still encountering any issues, please let us know!

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