[rt-users] LDAP auth: should I still create the users in RT even if I use WebExternalAuth?

[Marcelo Bartsch]

On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 12:36, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
a few days ago i submit a patch to this list wich allows to authenticate
directly from ldap, but user information is obtained or imported to rt
using rtimportldap. if  you wish i can resend you the patch, with
modifies User.pm.

Regards
> I defined $WebExternalAuth in config.pm and now RT no longer asks a
> password, it relies on Apache to do so (Apache uses LDAP).
> 
> But, if I try to log in as an user which is in LDAP but not in RT, RT
> yields:
> 
> Not logged in.
> 
> Error  
> You are not an authorized user
> 
> Does it mean that I still have to create the users in RT (may be using
> <URL:http://www.fsck.com/pub/rt/contrib/2.0/rtimportldap.tar> from
> cron to automatize it)? Or will LookupExternalUserInfo help me?
> (Reading its comments, I do not believe it.)
> 
> The section "Plugging in your own user metadata" in the Admin. manual
> seems interesting but it is currently empty :-}
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