[LON-CAPA-admin] Authentication: more than one LDAP server?

[Stefan Bisitz]

H. K. Ng wrote:
> As far as I know, there is no attribute to specify which server to 
> use for a user.

Hm, what about the argument in the Login data: "Local Authentication
with argument [...]"? Maybe the content is passed to localauth which can
decide which LDAP server should be used?


> Having said that, one could modify the localauth 
> module so that a user is passed to different ldap servers until one 
> of them says the user is valid.

We don't intend to let LON-CAPA check all the available LDAP servers for
one user. We want to build a connection between the user and his/her
LDAP server which is the only valid server that should be connected.
Anyway, this could be an option ("better than nothing").

Thanks.

Stefan Bisitz



> At 09:06 AM 7/31/2007, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >Is it possible to access more than one LDAP server for LON-CAPA user
> >authentication? The idea is to create different users on ONE LON-CAPA
> >server which authenticate via a local LDAP server. This LDAP server
> >should be one of n, depending on the user's login settings.
> >
> >If possible:
> >- How must I configure the server?
> >- How do I configure the user's authentication method?
> >- Is there anyone out there who uses this feature?
> >
> >Eventually, we could need this in the near future.
> >Any hints are welcome.
> >
> >Stefan Bisitz