[rt-users] Jim Meyer's LDAP Authentication user_local.pm ldap_overlay contribution in 3.8

[Mike Peachey]

Helmuth Ramirez wrote:
> Hi everyone, we (me) are in the process of migrating our server to new 
> hardware.  I want to take advantage and upgrade to 3.8 (from 3.6).  We 
> currently use Jim Meyer's User_Local.pm, LDAP Overlay (not sure what its 
> official name is).  Anyway, I installed 3.8 on the new box, RT is up and 
> running and imported my ldap users using the import script.  I copied my 
> ldap_overlay files and settings over to the new installation.  I cannot 
> get it to work though.  I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong, or if 
> 3.8 handles this function differently and I should be using something 
> else or modifying my existing settings.
> 
> any input is appreciated.

As yet there is no proper solution. Jim Meyer's solution has been 
deprecated by my ExternalAuth extension, however I am so desperately 
overloaded at work at the moment I haven't had time to make it 
compatible with 3.8 (I am the sole member of IT for a silicon-design 
company of over 100 staff).

If it helps, this is what Espen Wiborg had to say about it when trying 
to get ExternalAuth fully functional in 3.8:

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Autocreation works if you copy
local/plugins/RT-Authen-ExternalAuth/html/Callbacks/ExternalAuth/autohandler/Auth
to local/html/Callbacks/ExternalAuth/autohandler/Auth and apply the
following patch to User_Vendor.pm:

--- local/lib/RT/User_Vendor.pm~	2008-04-09 10:40:44.000000000 +0200
+++ ./local/lib/RT/User_Vendor.pm	2008-08-04 17:46:32.000000000 +0200
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
          return (undef);
      }

-    if ( $self->PrincipalObj->Disabled ) {
+    if ( $self->PrincipalObj and $self->PrincipalObj->Disabled ) {
          $RT::Logger->info("Disabled user " . $self->Name .
                            " tried to log in" );
          return (undef);

At least I got it to work, and I think those were the only two changes I
made.

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Kind Regards,

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