LDAP/roller users uncertainty

[Phil Wilson <p....@bath.ac.uk>]

Hi all,

I know the LDAP/SSO docs are on the "to do" list, but in lieu of those, could do with some 
clarification.

http://rollerweblogger.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=LDAP_SSP_FAQ says that Roller users aren't 
created upon a successful first-time LDAP-backed login.

Is this still the case in 2.1? i.e. if I wanted to roll out Roller across a large 
organisation I'd have to make sure that all users existed in the Roller DB beforehand?

Additionally, how does this work with the admin role in Roller? i.e. if I set up Roller 
with LDAP correctly, do I still need to set up a roller user with admin rights, or can I 
specify the username and password of an LDAP user and they will be assigned the correct 
role? Again I presume this bumps into the "user must be in the roller database to begin with"?

Thanks for any help and I hope I've not got the wrong end of the stick here.

Cheers,

Phil Wilson

Re: LDAP/roller users uncertainty

[Dave <sn...@gmail.com>]

On the topic of docs -- If somebody writes up a rough outline of the
process to setup SSO via LDAP ((or just a list of bullets in an email
message)  I'd be glad to try it out and write-up some docs.

- Dave



On 10/3/06, Phil Wilson <p....@bath.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I know the LDAP/SSO docs are on the "to do" list, but in lieu of those, could do with some
> clarification.
>
> http://rollerweblogger.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=LDAP_SSP_FAQ says that Roller users aren't
> created upon a successful first-time LDAP-backed login.
>
> Is this still the case in 2.1? i.e. if I wanted to roll out Roller across a large
> organisation I'd have to make sure that all users existed in the Roller DB beforehand?
>
> Additionally, how does this work with the admin role in Roller? i.e. if I set up Roller
> with LDAP correctly, do I still need to set up a roller user with admin rights, or can I
> specify the username and password of an LDAP user and they will be assigned the correct
> role? Again I presume this bumps into the "user must be in the roller database to begin with"?
>
> Thanks for any help and I hope I've not got the wrong end of the stick here.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Phil Wilson
>