LDAP: Group Authentication

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3/10/2009 10:07:13 AM
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LDAP: Group Authentication

Hello!

I've just installed mojoPortal and was happy about the easy installation, great intuitive interface and LDAP integration (which was a requirement I had).

The only "issue" I have is that even though I've connected using LDAP, I'm not able to assign administrative rights to a group (our tech support group) and need to ask each tech to logon and then I can give them admin rights.

Is there a plan to support group security in the future?

Thanks!

Eric-S Lachance

3/11/2009 8:35:34 AM
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Re: LDAP: Group Authentication

Hi,

Unfortunately its not something I plan to work on in the near term, I might get to it at some point. If I were to implement something I think it would be just a tool for importing users and roles into mojoPortal from LDAP so they could be synced and/or mapped to mojoPortal roles. 

Of course anyone who needs to scratch this itch is free to work on their own solution. There are lots of LDAP related .NET projects on Codeplex that might be useful. This one looks like it might be promising.

Best,

Joe

3/12/2009 7:55:32 AM
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Re: LDAP: Group Authentication

I am interested in the same functionality. It would be nice to be able to maybe map LDAP Groups to Mojo Roles. That way we can correlate and manage all users rights in LDAP and not so much in Mojo. I am a pretty good .NET programmer and have programmed LDAP web parts for our Active Driectory services. I might try to tackle this in the near future if I can understand the customization process for Mojo.

Just my two cents

Derek

3/12/2009 8:09:21 AM
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Re: LDAP: Group Authentication

Hi Derek,

That would be nice, give it a shot if you have time and motivation.

I think basically there would be a need to import the roles/groups from LDAP into the mojo db and a page for mapping them to mojoPortal roles.

Then in the mojoRoleProvider we would need to add some logic to lookup the user's roles/groups from LDAP and then set the role cookie by replacing those with their corresponding mojoPortal roles.

Ideally it should be platform neutral as it is now rather than Active Directory specific. We are currently using the Novell.Directory.Ldap.dll as a wrapper for LDAP operations. It comes from the Mono project and is fairly old and might should be updated to a newer version.

Best,

Joe

3/12/2009 8:09:45 AM
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Re: LDAP: Group Authentication

I'd gladly help too, but I don't have any knowledge of ASP.NET, so I wouldn't be very useful.

I can be a good test subject however, as our site is in beta, internal and backed up daily - I'm not afraid to modify the code at all.

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