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1 # LDAP plugin suite for Prosody
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3 The LDAP plugin suite includes an authentication plugin (mod\_auth\_ldap2) and storage plugin
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4 (mod\_storage\_ldap) to query against an LDAP server. It also provides a plugin library (mod\_lib\_ldap)
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5 for accessing an LDAP server to make writing other LDAP-based plugins easier in the future.
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7 # LDAP Authentication
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9 **NOTE**: LDAP authentication currently only works with plaintext auth! If this isn't ok
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10 with you, don't use it! (Or better yet, fix it =) )
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12 With that note in mind, you need to set 'allow\_unencrypted\_plain\_auth' to true in your configuration if
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13 you want to use LDAP authentication.
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15 To enable LDAP authentication, set 'authentication' to 'ldap2' in your configuration file.
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16 See also http://prosody.im/doc/authentication.
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18 # LDAP Storage
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20 LDAP storage is currently read-only, and it only supports rosters and vCards.
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22 To enable LDAP storage, set 'storage' to 'ldap' in your configuration file.
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23 See also http://prosody.im/doc/storage.
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25 # LDAP Configuration
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27 All of the LDAP-specific configuration for the plugin set goes into an 'ldap' section
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28 in the configuration. You must set the 'hostname' field in the 'ldap' section to
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29 your LDAP server's location (a custom port is also accepted, so I guess it's not strictly
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30 a hostname). The 'bind\_dn' and 'bind\_password' are optional if you want to bind as
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31 a specific DN. There should be an example configuration included with this README, so
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32 feel free to consult that.
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33
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34 ## The user section
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36 The user section must contain the following keys:
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37
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38 * basedn - The base DN against which to base your LDAP queries for users.
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39 * filter - An LDAP filter expression that matches users.
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40 * usernamefield - The name of the attribute in an LDAP entry that contains the username.
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41 * namefield - The name of the attribute in an LDAP entry that contains the user's real name.
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42
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43 ## The groups section
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45 The LDAP plugin suite has support for grouping (ala mod\_groups), which can be enabled via the groups
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46 section in the ldap section of the configuration file. Currently, you must have at least one group.
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47 The groups section must contain the following keys:
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49 * basedn - The base DN against which to base your LDAP queries for groups.
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50 * memberfield - The name of the attribute in an LDAP entry that contains a list of a group's members. The contents of this field
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51 must match usernamefield in the user section.
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52 * namefield - The name of the attribute in an LDAP entry that contains the group's name.
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54 The groups section must contain at least one entry in its array section. Each entry must be a table, with the following keys:
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55
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56 * name - The name of the group that will be presented in the roster.
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57 * $namefield (whatever namefield is set to is the name) - An attribute pair to match this group against.
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58 * admin (optional) - whether or not this group's members are admins.
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60 ## The vcard\_format section
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62 The vcard\_format section is used to generate a vCard given an LDAP entry. See http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0054.html for
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63 more information. The JABBERID field is automatically populated.
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64
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65 The key/value pairs in this table fall into three categories:
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66
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67 ### Simple pairs
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68
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69 Some values in the vcard\_format table are simple key-value pairs, where the key corresponds to a vCard
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70 entry, and the value corresponds to the attribute name in the LDAP entry for the user. The fields that
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71 be configured this way are:
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72
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73 * displayname - corresponds to FN
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74 * nickname - corresponds to NICKNAME
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75 * birthday - corresponds to BDAY
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76 * mailer - corresponds to MAILER
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77 * timezone - corresponds to TZ
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78 * title - corresponds to TITLE
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79 * role - corresponds to ROLE
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80 * note - corresponds to NOTE
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81 * rev - corresponds to REV
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82 * sortstring - corresponds to SORT-STRING
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83 * uid - corresponds to UID
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84 * url - corresponds to URL
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85 * description - corresponds to DESC
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87 ### Single-level fields
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88
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89 These pairs have a table as their values, and the table itself has a series of key value pairs that are translated
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90 similarly to simple pairs. The fields that are configured this way are:
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91
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92 * name - corresponds to N
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93 * family - corresponds to FAMILY
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94 * given - corresponds toGIVEN
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95 * middle - corresponds toMIDDLE
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96 * prefix - corresponds toPREFIX
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97 * suffix - corresponds toSUFFIX
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98 * photo - corresponds to PHOTO
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99 * type - corresponds to TYPE
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100 * binval - corresponds to BINVAL
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101 * extval - corresponds to EXTVAL
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102 * geo - corresponds to GEO
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103 * lat - corresponds to LAT
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104 * lon - corresponds to LON
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105 * logo - corresponds to LOGO
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106 * type - corresponds to TYPE
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107 * binval - corresponds to BINVAL
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108 * extval - corresponds to EXTVAL
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109 * org - corresponds to ORG
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110 * orgname - corresponds to ORGNAME
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111 * orgunit - corresponds to ORGUNIT
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112 * sound - corresponds to SOUND
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113 * phonetic - corresponds to PHONETIC
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114 * binval - corresponds to BINVAL
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115 * extval - corresponds to EXTVAL
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116 * key - corresponds to KEY
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117 * type - corresponds to TYPE
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118 * cred - corresponds to CRED
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119
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120 ### Multi-level fields
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121
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122 These pairs have a table as their values, and each table itself has tables as its values. The nested tables have
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123 the same key-value pairs you're used to, the only difference being that values may have a boolean as their type, which
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124 converts them into an empty XML tag. I recommend looking at the example configuration for clarification.
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125
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126 * address - ADR
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127 * telephone - TEL
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128 * email - EMAIL
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129
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130 ### Unsupported vCard fields
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131
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132 * LABEL
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133 * AGENT
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134 * CATEGORIES
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135 * PRODID
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136 * CLASS
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137
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138 ### Example Configuration
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139
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140 You can find an example configuration in the dev directory underneath the
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141 directory that this file is located in.
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142
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143 # Missing Features
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144
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145 This set of plugins is missing a few features, some of which are really just ideas:
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146
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147 * Implement non-plaintext authentication.
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148 * Use proper LDAP binding (LuaLDAP must be patched with http://prosody.im/patches/lualdap.patch, though)
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149 * Non-hardcoded LDAP groups (derive groups from LDAP queries)
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150 * LDAP-based MUCs (like a private MUC per group, or something)
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151 * This suite of plugins was developed with a POSIX-style setup in mind; YMMV. Patches to work with other setups are welcome!
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152 * Add ability for users to change their vCard/passwords/etc from within Prosody