[rt-users] LDAP auth

[Iain Pople]

Replying to myself....

Could it be that Fast CGI can't access the variable REMOTE_USER? How
would i check this?

cheers, Iain.

Iain Pople wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am having trouble getting the LDAP authentication to work.
> 
> Here are the relevant lines from RT_SiteConfig.pm:
> 
> # If $WebExternalAuth is defined, RT will defer to the environment's
> # REMOTE_USER variable.
> 
> Set($WebExternalAuth , 1);
> 
> # If $WebFallbackToInternalAuth is undefined, the user is allowed a chance
> # of fallback to the login screen, even if REMOTE_USER failed.
> 
> Set($WebFallbackToInternalAuth , undef);
> 
> # $WebExternalGecos means to match 'gecos' field as the user identity);
> # useful with mod_auth_pwcheck and IIS Integrated Windows logon.
> 
> Set($WebExternalGecos , undef);
> 
> # $WebExternalAuto will create users under the same name as REMOTE_USER
> # upon login, if it's missing in the Users table.
> 
> Set($WebExternalAuto , undef);
> 
> and in my apache config:
> 
> <VirtualHost *>
>         ServerName issue-tracker.webcentre.unimelb.edu.au
>         DocumentRoot /usr/local/share/rt/share/html/
>         Alias /NoAuth/images/ /usr/local/share/rt/share/html/NoAuth/images/
>         FastCgiIpcDir /tmp
>         FastCgiServer /usr/local/share/rt/bin/mason_handler.fcgi 
> -idle-timeout 120
>         AddHandler fastcgi-script fcgi
>         ScriptAlias / /usr/local/share/rt/bin/mason_handler.fcgi/
> </VirtualHost>
> # LDAP integration
> <Directory /usr/local/share/rt/share/html/>
>         AuthType Basic
>         AuthName "Request Tracker Login"
>         AuthLDAPURL ldap://directory.unimelb.edu.au:389/o=The University 
> of Melbourne,c=AU?uid?sub?(objectclass=unimelbStaff)
>         require valid-user
> </Directory>
> 
> After i login i see the following screen:
> 
> http://www.webcentre.unimelb.edu.au/~iain/rt/ldap.pdf
> 
> any ideas???
> 
> thanks, Iain.
> 
> 
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