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     2 labels:
       
     3 - 'Stage-Alpha'
       
     4 - 'Type-Auth'
       
     5 summary: LDAP authentication module
       
     6 ...
       
     7 
       
     8 ***Note:** A modified version of this module is available, but is not
       
     9 yet committed here. The plan is to merge them, for more info see [this
       
    10 thread](http://groups.google.com/group/prosody-dev/browse_thread/thread/282e876116ae4177/906121492495ad35#906121492495ad35).*
       
    11 
       
    12 Introduction
       
    13 ============
       
    14 
       
    15 This is a Prosody authentication plugin which uses LDAP as the backend.
       
    16 
       
    17 Dependecies
       
    18 ===========
       
    19 
       
    20 This module depends on [LuaLDAP](http://www.keplerproject.org/lualdap/)
       
    21 for connecting to an LDAP server.
       
    22 
       
    23 Configuration
       
    24 =============
       
    25 
       
    26 Copy the module to the prosody modules/plugins directory.
       
    27 
       
    28 In Prosody's configuration file, under the desired host section, add:
       
    29 
       
    30         authentication = "ldap"
       
    31         ldap_base = "ou=people,dc=example,dc=com"
       
    32 
       
    33 LDAP options are:
       
    34 
       
    35   Name             Description                                                                                                            Default value
       
    36   ---------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------
       
    37   ldap\_server     Space-separated list of hostnames or IPs, optionally with port numbers (e.g. "localhost:8389")                         "localhost"
       
    38   ldap\_rootdn     The distinguished name to auth against                                                                                 "" (anonymous)
       
    39   ldap\_password   Password for rootdn                                                                                                    ""
       
    40   ldap\_filter     Search filter, with \$user and $host substituded for user- and hostname | "(uid=$user)"                                
       
    41   ldap\_scope      Search scope. other values: "base" and "subtree"                                                                       "onelevel"
       
    42   ldap\_tls        Enable TLS (StartTLS) to connect to LDAP (can be true or false). The non-standard 'LDAPS' protocol is not supported.   false
       
    43   ldap\_base       LDAP base directory which stores user accounts                                                                         This is required
       
    44   ldap\_mode       How passwords are validated.                                                                                           "bind"
       
    45 
       
    46 **Note:** lua-ldap reads from /etc/ldap/ldap.conf and other files like
       
    47 \~prosody/.ldaprc if they exist. Users wanting to use a particular TLS
       
    48 root certificate can specify it in the normal way using TLS\_CACERT in
       
    49 the OpenLDAP config file.
       
    50 
       
    51 Modes
       
    52 =====
       
    53 
       
    54 The "getpasswd" mode requires plain text access to passwords in LDAP and
       
    55 feeds them into Prosodys authentication system. This enables more secure
       
    56 authentication mechanisms but does not work for all deployments.
       
    57 
       
    58 The "bind" performs an LDAP bind, does not require plain text access to
       
    59 passwords but limits you to the PLAIN authentication mechanism.
       
    60 
       
    61 Compatibility
       
    62 =============
       
    63 
       
    64   --------------- -------------
       
    65   0.8 and above   should work
       
    66   --------------- -------------