[Cdash] [Fwd: Re: CDash LDAP problem]

Marcel Loose loose at astron.nl
Mon Feb 15 08:30:39 UTC 2010


Hi Julien,

Sorry for the late reply, I had a long weekend off.
Do I understand correctly, from your answer, that it is not possible to
use an existing LDAP database to authenticate users? Is it really
necessary to register them from within CDash? If so, is there a way to
import users from an LDAP database into CDash?

Best regards,
Marcel Loose.


On Thu, 2010-02-11 at 10:40 -0500, Julien Jomier wrote:
> Marcel,
> 
> I'm wondering if the CDASH_LDAP options are defined correctly and that

> might be the reason why 'cn' doesn't show up.
> 
> CDash requires the user to be registered in CDash when using LDAP. The

> authentication is done by LDAP. One option is to login as
administrator 
> into CDash and register the user before trying to login into LDAP.
> 
> Let us know,
> Julien
> 
> Marcel Loose wrote:
>  > Hi all,
>  >
>  > I'm experiencing an LDAP problem with CDash. When I try to log into
>  > CDash for the first time as a valid LDAP user, I get the message:
>  >
>  > No givenname (cn) set in LDAP, cannot register user into MIDAS
>  >
>  > Now I've been digging in the PHP-code a bit, but I know little PHP.
>  > The problem seems to be in the function ldapAuthenticate() in
login.php.
>  > For reasons I don't understand, the return value of 
> ldap_search($ldap,$CDASH_LDAP_BASEDN, 'mail='.$email,
array('dn','cn'))
>  > contains an empty 'cn' field, though it does contain a valid 'dn'
field.
>  >
>  > For debugging purposes, I've removed the attributes specification
in the
>  > ldap_search() call, thus returning all attributes. This gives me:
>  >
>  > var_dump($entries);
>  > array(2) { ["count"]=>  int(1) [0]=>  array(24) { ["objectclass"]=>
>  > array(4) { ["count"]=>  int(3) [0]=>  string(13) "shadowAccount"
[1]=>
>  > string(12) "posixAccount" [2]=>  string(13) "inetOrgPerson" } [0]=>
>  > string(11) "objectclass" ["gecos"]=>  array(2) { ["count"]=> 
int(1)
>  > [0]=>  string(12) "Marcel Loose" } [1]=>  string(5) "gecos"
["uid"]=>
>  > array(2) { ["count"]=>  int(1) [0]=>  string(5) "loose" } [2]=>
>  > string(3) "uid" ["sn"]=>  array(2) { ["count"]=>  int(1) [0]=>
>  > string(5) "Loose" } [3]=>  string(2) "sn" ["givenname"]=>  array(2)
>  > { ["count"]=>  int(1) [0]=>  string(6) "Marcel" } [4]=>  string(9)
>  > "givenname" ["uidnumber"]=>  array(2) { ["count"]=>  int(1) [0]=>
>  > string(3) "511" } [5]=>  string(9) "uidnumber" ["mail"]=>  array(2)
>  > { ["count"]=>  int(1) [0]=>  string(15) "loose at astron.nl" } [6]=>
>  > string(4) "mail" ["gidnumber"]=>  array(2) { ["count"]=>  int(1)
[0]=>
>  > string(4) "1000" } [7]=>  string(9) "gidnumber"
["shadowlastchange"]=>
>  > array(2) { ["count"]=>  int(1) [0]=>  string(5) "14127" } [8]=>
>  > string(16) "shadowlastchange" ["homedirectory"]=>  array(2)
>  > { ["count"]=>  int(1) [0]=>  string(11) "/home/loose" } [9]=>
>  > string(13) "homedirectory" ["loginshell"]=>  array(2) { ["count"]=>
>  > int(1) [0]=>  string(9) "/bin/bash" } [10]=>  string(10)
>  > "loginshell" ["count"]=>  int(11) ["dn"]=>  string(35)
>  > "uid=loose,ou=people,dc=astron,dc=nl" } }
>  >
>  > Indeed, 'cn' is missing here. It is, however, present in the LDAP
>  > database. Here's a snippet of the output of 'slapcat', for the
given
>  > user:
>  >
>  > dn: uid=loose,ou=people,dc=astron,dc=nl
>  > objectClass: shadowAccount
>  > objectClass: posixAccount
>  > objectClass: inetOrgPerson
>  > gecos: Marcel Loose
>  > uid: loose
>  > sn: Loose
>  > givenName: Marcel
>  > structuralObjectClass: inetOrgPerson
>  > entryUUID: 2375bf08-e435-102b-8b97-3952138d3cf7
>  > creatorsName: cn=Manager,dc=astron,dc=nl
>  > createTimestamp: 20070821132115Z
>  > uidNumber: 511
>  > mail: loose at astron.nl
>  > gidNumber: 1000
>  > shadowLastChange: 14127
>  > cn: Marcel Loose
>  > userPassword:: <########>
>  > homeDirectory: /home/loose
>  > loginShell: /bin/bash
>  > entryCSN: 20100104140045Z#000000#00#000000
>  > modifiersName: cn=Manager,dc=astron,dc=nl
>  > modifyTimestamp: 20100104140045Z
>  >
>  > I don't know if this is a CDash problem -- e.g. it should use a
>  > different ldap-function; or if it's a problem with the PHP-LDAP
module;
>  > or if it's an LDAP database/configuration problem. Could someone
please
>  > shed a light on this?
>  >
>  > Best regards,
>  > Marcel Loose.





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