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mod_password_reset: Improve error reporting when setting a password fails
author Matthew Wild <mwild1@gmail.com>
date Tue, 09 Oct 2018 14:10:42 +0100
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2 labels:
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3 summary: Library module for LDAP
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4 ...
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6 Introduction
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7 ============
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9 This module is used by other modules to access an LDAP server. It's
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10 pretty useless on its own; you should use it if you want to write your
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11 own LDAP-related module, or if you want to use one of mine
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12 ([mod\_auth\_ldap2](mod_auth_ldap2.html),
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13 [mod\_storage\_ldap](mod_storage_ldap.html)).
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15 Installation
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16 ============
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18 Simply copy ldap.lib.lua into your Prosody installation's plugins
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19 directory.
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21 Configuration
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22 =============
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24 Configuration for this module (and all modules that use it) goes into
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25 the *ldap* section of your prosody.cfg.lua file. Each plugin that uses
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26 it may add their own sections; this plugin relies on the following keys:
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28 - hostname - Where your LDAP server is located
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29 - bind\_dn - The DN to perform queries as
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30 - bind\_password - The password to use for queries
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31 - use\_tls - Whether or not TLS should be used to connect to the LDAP
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32 server
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33 - user.usernamefield - The LDAP field that contains a user's username
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34 - user.basedn - The base DN for user records
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36 API
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37 ===
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39 ldap.getconnection()
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40 --------------------
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42 Returns an LDAP connection object corresponding to the configuration in
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43 prosody.cfg.lua. The connection object is a
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44 [LuaLDAP](http://www.keplerproject.org/lualdap/) connection.
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46 ldap.getparams()
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47 ----------------
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49 Returns the LDAP configuration provided in prosody.cfg.lua. Use this if
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50 you want to stick some configuration information for your module into
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51 the LDAP section in the configuration file.
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53 ldap.bind(username, password)
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56 Verifies that *username* and *password* bind ok. **NOTE**: This does not
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57 bind the current LDAP connection to the given username!
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59 ldap.singlematch(query)
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62 Used to fetch a single LDAP record given an LDAP query. A convenience
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63 function.
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65 ldap.filter.combine\_and(...)
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68 Takes a list of LDAP filter expressions and returns a filter expression
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69 that results in the intersection of each given expression (it ANDs them
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72 More Information
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75 For more information, please consult the README.html file under
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76 prosody-modules/mod\_lib\_ldap.