LDAP Plugin from OJS?
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LDAP Plugin from OJS?
by spatialguru » Mon Jun 25, 2007 1:26 pm
Hi, I'm just learning OJS and have used the LDAP plugin. Is it possible to use this also with OCS?
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by asmecher » Mon Jun 25, 2007 2:07 pm
Hi spatialguru,
The LDAP plugin has not yet been ported to OCS; however, porting it should be a fairly straight-forward task. I've filed an entry in Bugzilla for the next release (see http://pkp.sfu.ca/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2929); if you're interested in porting the plugin yourself, I'd be happy to answer any questions.
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The LDAP plugin has not yet been ported to OCS; however, porting it should be a fairly straight-forward task. I've filed an entry in Bugzilla for the next release (see http://pkp.sfu.ca/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2929); if you're interested in porting the plugin yourself, I'd be happy to answer any questions.
Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team
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Don't miss the First International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference
July 11 - 13, 2007, Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://ocs.sfu.ca/pkp2007/
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by spatialguru » Tue Jul 24, 2007 12:10 am
Thanks Alec,
I've copied over the auth/ldap plugin from OJS to OCS, and I enable it on the site, but apart from that I don't know what else needs to be done. Any hints for me?
It all appears to work, but logins fail, so I guess it is not actually working.
btw, I'm in Vancouver for a couple days if anyone wants to get together to chat. I think I'm near SFU actually (Wosk center/Delta). I'd love to see OCS used for managing an annual conference I work with.
I've copied over the auth/ldap plugin from OJS to OCS, and I enable it on the site, but apart from that I don't know what else needs to be done. Any hints for me?
It all appears to work, but logins fail, so I guess it is not actually working.
btw, I'm in Vancouver for a couple days if anyone wants to get together to chat. I think I'm near SFU actually (Wosk center/Delta). I'd love to see OCS used for managing an annual conference I work with.
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by spatialguru » Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:07 am
Yes, and in the authentication sources list it is shown there as an option. I have edited the settings there to exactly match what I'm currently using for OJS (which is working really well with LDAP).
Are you suggesting that it should just be that easy to install the auth. source for OCS?
Are you suggesting that it should just be that easy to install the auth. source for OCS?
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by asmecher » Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:15 am
Hi Spatialguru,
The OCS 2.x code was forked from the OJS tree around the release of OJS 2.1.1, long after the LDAP code was merged into OJS, so while the LDAP plugin isn't officially part of the OCS distribution, it should simply be a drop-in replacement. That said, it hasn't been tested with OCS before so a few hiccoughs wouldn't surprise me. Just to confirm: all your OCS auth settings match those that are working in OJS. Are you trying to authenticate an account that already exists in OJS against the newly-configured LDAP authentication source? You may need to edit the account as Journal Manager to choose the new authentication source.
Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team
The OCS 2.x code was forked from the OJS tree around the release of OJS 2.1.1, long after the LDAP code was merged into OJS, so while the LDAP plugin isn't officially part of the OCS distribution, it should simply be a drop-in replacement. That said, it hasn't been tested with OCS before so a few hiccoughs wouldn't surprise me. Just to confirm: all your OCS auth settings match those that are working in OJS. Are you trying to authenticate an account that already exists in OJS against the newly-configured LDAP authentication source? You may need to edit the account as Journal Manager to choose the new authentication source.
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by spatialguru » Tue Jul 24, 2007 12:39 pm
Yes, the auth settings are identical, even in the db auth_sources table, the entries are the same between ojs and ocs.
Also the user has LDAP chosen as their auth type.
But forget that for now... let me take some baby steps, since I think I'm suffering from long-time-away-from-this syndrome... I'll try to ask one question at a time
I have an LDAP backend that already has users. I don't want to have them re-register on ojs/ocs since they already have an account in our groups ldap directory. I'd simply like them to login with their existing ldap account info and have it create a new user entry in ojs/ocs. That is, without them having to hit the register button.
Is this possible?
Also the user has LDAP chosen as their auth type.
But forget that for now... let me take some baby steps, since I think I'm suffering from long-time-away-from-this syndrome... I'll try to ask one question at a time
I have an LDAP backend that already has users. I don't want to have them re-register on ojs/ocs since they already have an account in our groups ldap directory. I'd simply like them to login with their existing ldap account info and have it create a new user entry in ojs/ocs. That is, without them having to hit the register button.
Is this possible?
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by spatialguru » Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:03 pm
After reading a few other threads, I see that this is currently not possible.
So that means I need to register each user automatically by inserting user records from LDAP->ojs/ocs users tables. No problem.
So now I'm testing using LDAP plugin to create new user accounts. I have it working perfectly with OJS. I create a new user, and if it doesn't exist in LDAP, it creates it. However, this does not work in OCS.
I'm still digging into logs to see why it fails, but there is nothing obvious going on.
So this is so much a question, but just a clarification that with the exact same ldap settings, OCS won't do what OJS does when registering a new user.
So that means I need to register each user automatically by inserting user records from LDAP->ojs/ocs users tables. No problem.
So now I'm testing using LDAP plugin to create new user accounts. I have it working perfectly with OJS. I create a new user, and if it doesn't exist in LDAP, it creates it. However, this does not work in OCS.
I'm still digging into logs to see why it fails, but there is nothing obvious going on.
So this is so much a question, but just a clarification that with the exact same ldap settings, OCS won't do what OJS does when registering a new user.
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by asmecher » Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:37 pm
Hi spatialguru,
I've created a Bugzilla entry for this; see http://pkp.sfu.ca/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2960. Sign yourself up on the CC list for that entry, and hopefully I'll have a chance to look into it further soon.
Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team
I've created a Bugzilla entry for this; see http://pkp.sfu.ca/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2960. Sign yourself up on the CC list for that entry, and hopefully I'll have a chance to look into it further soon.
Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team
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