vBulletin Ldap Authentication Plugin
 

I am using vbulletin for a long time now and before there was the plugin system introduces i hacked every single version of vb to enable ldap authentication. with the introduction of the plugin system i have written a little plugin that works in every version since VBulletin 3.5. This Plugin is the buyable VBulletin Ligh Authentication from http://www.sartori.at. now its FREE.

Since its working and i will not enhance this small plugin anymore, i will make it public. If there are any enhancements, i can put it into my versioning system and update this plugin.

In contrast to the ldap authentication from zemic my board can authenticate against every - already deployed - ldap directory without changeing the encryption type.

If the ldap user is not added in the VBulletin database, the user is automatically added the first time he authenticates against the ldap. if the user already exists then nothing is changed, except the authentication against the directory.

in the admin or moderator panel no user is authenticated against the directory.

Requirements

• php with ldap support

Installation Notes:

1. copy ldapAuth directory to your vb forum installation directory
2. change the path to controller.php directory in ldap-plugin.xml
3. copy the hooks_ldap.xml to FORUM_ROOT/inclucdes/xml directory
4. in login.php search for:
   
   PHP Code:

   ---

   if ($vbulletin->GPC['vb_login_username'] == '')
         {
          eval(standard_error(fetch_error('badlogin', $vbulletin->options['bburl'], ....
         } 


   ---

   insert below:
   
   PHP Code:

   ---

   ($hook = vBulletinHook::fetch_hook('ldap_login_hook')) ? eval($hook) : false; 


   ---

5. activate plugin system (if not done already) in admincp
6. in admin cp import the product at "Download / Upload" Plugins
7. in global.php search for:
   
   PHP Code:

   ---

   $show['nopasswordempty'] 


   ---

   and change:
   
   PHP Code:

   ---

   defined('DISABLE_PASSWORD_CLEARING') ? 1 : 0; 


   ---

   to:
   
   PHP Code:

   ---

   defined('DISABLE_PASSWORD_CLEARING') ? 0 : 1; 


   ---

8. configure the ldap settings in: ldapconfig.inc.php
9. test the product

Additional Notes:
If you are running a Microsoft Active Directory as Ldap server you have to change some settings to allow anonymous queries. This is described at
Novell and Microsoft


I would be happy if you support my modification in any way. Install or nominate it or donate some cents at paypal. :)

if anyone interested in working and extending this plugin take a look at http://overlord.fh-salzburg.ac.at/vblight/. I have installed a Wiki with SCM there. write me a message, and lets extend this baby.

How would you describe what this does so normal people can understand?

Interesting how there is 2 LDAP authentification mods released so close to each other. Not sure how the 2 compare but there is a complete explaination of what LDAP is and how it works here> https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=145188

More or less if you don't need it/use it already for other network related work there is no need for you to install it.

with my mod you can authenticate against a LDAP directory and not against the vbulletin user database.

i didnt want to release it some time ago. but since i do not have that much time anymore and alot of please want that stuff i release it now. when i have seen the lrease of zemic?s ldap authentication i thought "great" no need for mine anymore. but his plugin cannot authenticate against any ldap, so here is mine.

Though this is not something I can use at the moment it would be great if the 2 of you could come to terms and merge both into 1 product. The problem with VB.org is there tends to be 2, 3 or more sometimes of the same modification.

nice hack, but I'm not much of a file editor.. I like to just leave file edits out, especially when upgrades come out for vB. Nice hack though :D

i changed the name of the mod to: "vBulletin Ldap Authentication Plugin"

-malc

I still have no idea what this mod does