Paul Gilzow

Just recreated what you described and was able to access a subdirectory. Essentially, what the wp .htaccess file says is:

if the requested resource isnt a file physically in this space, AND the requested resource isnt a directory physically in this space, redirect the request to index.php

So wp’s .htaccess file shouldnt be interfering with a request for a subdirectory if the subdirectory really exists.

Do you have access to your http.conf?

@mendocinowebmaster AD is what I have access to but isnt necessarily where I’m moving the plugin to.

Connection issues, huh? The new feature uses the same function to establish the connection as the normal authentication. Which error message are you receiving?

@cewyattjr can you give me some details on how you have wpdirauth configured? That specific error means that the plugin was able to connect to your DC, was able to bind with the passed ssoid/password but that when it searched for the user’s details (sn, givenname, mail) that the DC returned an error. So it’s odd that the Apache logs would show that LDAP was unable to connect since the users wouldnt (or shouldnt) have been able to get that far without a valid connection.

If you want, open up wpdirauth.php, go to line 1411, and change it from
." [$strFilter]");
to
." [$strFilter]" . "[".ldap_error($rscConnection)."]");

Have a user try to log in, and then let me know what the error message says.

@mendocinowebmaster There was some issue with the wordpress plugin directory. The changelog and updated information was in the readme.txt but for some reason, the directory wasnt pulling the updated information. Otto did something to correct it so it is now showing on the wordpress directory.

The new functionality: in the previous versions, if you wanted to add a new Editor (or any user with a role), you were required to have them log in first (since the script creates a new WP User if the directory authenticated username didnt exist in the WP Users table) and after they logged in, change their user role. I personally wanted the ability to add a directory authenticated user AND give them a role before they logged in, and then have it email this user to let them know they had been added to the site.

So no, it wont add all of your AD users to your wordpress site. But it should make the process of adding a new AD user that should have an elevated role easier to manage.

As for who I am, I’m a programmer/Analyst at the University of Missouri. If you search for my name on Google, the first two pages of results are all connected to me. ??

@tianpa by chance can you use Softerra’s LDAP Browser (make sure to click on and download the LDAP Browser 2.6 instead of LDAP Administrator 2011) to log into your DC, perform a query and take a screenshot of the results? I’m wondering if you can use either cn, name or possibly displayName attributes.

What I’m finding odd is that sn is a mandatory attribute for person entries (according to the RFC) so your DC should have it.

The problem from the plugin view of using the displayName (or cn) attribute is that the organization is free to use whatever format for names they want (e.g. Gilzow, Paul; Paul Gilzow; Gilzow, Paul F.; Paul Franklin Gilzow, etc.) so i’d have to think up some way to let the end-user define how their organization has formatted that field.

As for the user who is still having issues logging in… Do you know if your php installation has magic quotes enabled?

yes it does. Thanks!

Did I somehow mess something up when creating the tag? Or was it something else?

Sorry I didnt notice your posts. Can both of you give me some more information? The code doesnt touch the passwords it is given, and instead passes it on to the DC when it attempts to bind. Can you try the new version (1.6.0) and let me know if you are seeing the same issue? If you are still seeing the same issue in the new version, can you give me some more information on how you have wpDirAuth configured?

@tiainpa – what did you have to change in order for first, last and display names to show correctly? The code requests givenname (first), and sn (last) upon a successful match, which I was under the impression is fairly standard for most DC’s. I will let you know that I’m planning to rework that section so that additional keys can be retrieved, but am interested to know what you had to change.

Thanks Otto. Absolutely understand about the multiple factors thing when trying to determine the number of sites a single MySQL instance can handle. Was just curious if there was enough history with wordpress network that a general rule of thumb had developed. The plan currently is to start with a single instance and then monitor.

As for themes/plug-ins, what we are hoping is to offer wordpress as a secondary CMS options to our various departments. Each department would have a designated admin who is trusted. The understanding would be that if they customize a theme, create/install a plugin that kills their site, then it is their responsibility to fix unless they want to pay us to come in and troubleshoot.

We would prefer to not give each one their own installation of wordpress, so that we can ensure that the core is up-to-date, https is being used for login and that critical plugins (like wpDirAuth) are being used.

Totally understand about the amount that can be completed with just CSS. However, knowing my departments, they are going to want to make modifications beyond just CSS. Just trying to get a grasp on what options are available before we make an official proposal.

Did you ever get this figured out? I’m in the exact same situation.

Did you ever figure this out? If so, could you post what you found?

ok, so i went back and uninstalled all of the plugins I was using, changed the permalink settings to default, saved, changed them back to Day and name, saved again and tried to go to my test post (https://uablogs-dev.missouri.edu/2009/06/03/this-is-a-test-post/ <– you wont be able to get there; only posting so you can see URL structure is correct) and received the 404 error message. I also went in and added a category base and a tag base as another forum thread mentioned that adding those had helped another user’s permalinks start working correctly. I still get the 404 error.

So then I went and redownloaded the wordpress core and installed it into another account that I have so that it would be perfectly clean and no possibility of something interfering. After logging in I changed the permalink setting to Day and Name, saved, verified the .htaccess file was created, created a test post, published and attempted to go to the generated pretty URL, i get a 404 error. Only default and numeric permalink settings work.

I have also verified with our SysAdmin that the FollowSymLinks options is enabled for my account.

@hollyjahangiri, our situations certainly SOUND similar, except I never received the “if your .htaccess file were writable” message.

If you can, in the thread I started, list out the plugins you have installed. I want to see if there are any that we are both using that might be causing the issue.

Wait, I just went to your site, and it looks like you have it working. What was the solution?

@ryan_accuwebhosting no offense, but your “help” isn’t very helpful. Telling me that I’m doing something wrong, and then suggesting that I try something that I have already stated twice that I *HAVE* tried is a bit frustrating.

Now your suggestion on plugins might have some validity. @hollyjahangiri, do you mind listing the plugins you have installed? Let’s see if we are both using one or more and then look into whether or not those plugins might be causing an issue.

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@samboll – except that it still doesnt work. Neither my custom permalink structure, the permalink structure you posted, nor any of the default permalink options (Day and Name or Month and Name) work. So even if I set it up the way you suggested (/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%) I still get the 404 post not found message. Only the default and numeric permalink structures work correctly.

anyone have any guesses/ideas?