WPMU Ldap Plugin

This is a bugfix release.  With the 2.8.1 release, on first load of the login page a authentication error was being displayed.  This problem has been corrected.

The plugin can be download from the Sourceforge project page.  As always, I hope you enjoy it and please report any problems or suggestions you might have!

The latest version of the WPMU Ldap plugin is now available for download.  What happened to 2.8? Since WPMU jumped right to 2.8.1, we will too!  This version contains minor bugfixes and a few new features.  This release further integrates into the new WPMU 2.8.1 release.  The full list of changes are:

• LDAP Attributes converted to lowercase on save
• Experimental SSO Support
• Changed ldap_connect attributes to match as documented
• Removed default “Add New” option in 2.7
• Fixed issue where display_name cannot be edited, added upgrade function to migrate existing values

In order for users to be able to modify their display name, the display_name value has been modified to edit the value directly in the users db table.  Because of this, you will need to run the function on the “Upgrade” tab to migrate over the existing values.

The plugin can be download from the Sourceforge project page.  As always, I hope you enjoy it and please report any problems or suggestions you might have!

I’ve been doing some thinking on how to best implement group support into the plugin.  This would probably be a multi phase approach, to hopefully fulfill all requests.

NOTE: This is currently a work in progress and there is no estimate on when it will be complete

Per Blog Settings

LDAP Group mapping on a per blog, per role basis.  This would all for any given blog to map each individual role to a separate LDAP group.  The goal would be for these groups to automatically check for new users on logon and update accordingly.  The biggest concern here is figuring out a way for the automatic updating to happen without having a huge impact on performance.

Sitewide Settings

Group based control of the following:

• Who can login to the blog (standard user)
• Who can login to the blog with automatic blog creation
• Who can’t login – deny list

Are there any other thoughts on other possible setups or anything else that others would like added?  If so – please leave a comment with your thoughts!

NOTE: This release is REQUIRED for WordPress MU 2.7.1 and later

This is a bugfix release that is necessary for WordPress MU 2.7.1.  Some core functionality has changed which was causing the LDAP plugin to incorrectly re-populate the users with a subscribe status on blog 1.  This was causing some array_merge php errors – and also could have resulted in weird behavior on site admin logins.

Unfortunately, if you are affected by this, there is some minor database cleanup that is necessary.  Site admin users will need the subscribe capability removed from the wp_usermeta for wp_1_capability.  Sorry for the inconvenience.

In addition, this realease also adds the ability to map the WordPress Nickname field to a ldap attribute.  If the mapped attribute does not exist, it will use the default value to populate the display name.

As always, the plugin can be downloaded from the Sourceforge Project Page.

The latest version of the WPMU Ldap plugin is now available for download.  This version contains quite a few added features, revamped administration pages along with the much requested attribute configuration!  The full list of changes are:

• Ability for site admins to bulk add users – also configurable for blog admins to bulk add
• Revamped administration pages
• Added simple connection test option
• Added new error check to report unique message back on creation failure if there is an email address conflict
• Remove stale css entries
• LDAP TLS Support
• Ability for site admins to convert ldap users to local users and vice versa
• Added ldap attribute mapping via configuration pages
• Added config option to set the default display name format

The plugin can be download from the Sourceforge project page.  As always, I hope you enjoy it and please report any problems or suggestions you might have!

There are a number of changes currently in the svn development trunk.  See the download page.  These changes include:

• Ability for site admins to bulk add users – also configurable for blog admins to bulk add
• Revamped administration pages
• Added simple connection test option
• Added new error check to report unique message back on creation failure if there is an email address conflict
• Remove stale css entries
• LDAP TLS Support
• Ability for site admins to convert ldap users to local users and vice versa

Any testing and feedback would be much appreciated.  I have tested things to the best of my ability – and they appear to work.  If someone would be willing to further test the TLS support that would be great!

Please check the new project site for detailed release information: http://wpmuldap.frozenpc.net

All future release and other information specific to the wpmu-ldap plugin will be posted on the new site.

The WPMU 2.7.x version of the plugin is now available for download!  The major changes in this version are:

• Public signup disabled message now appears as an error on the login form – thanks bforchhammer
• Updated action call for wpmu_activate_user – now requires 3 attributes
• Changed internal handling of ldap server string to be array based – this was causing issues with passwords containing special characters – thanks gravelpot

As you can see, I have also setup a new site for the plugin where I plan to expand documentation as time exists.  As always, enjoy and report back any issues!

In conjunction with the new WPMU release and release numbering, i’m proud to announce the release of the WPMU Ldap 2.6 plugin!  This release does require WPMU 2.6 due to the utilization of some new hooks.

Download it now!

Important Upgrade Notice! – If you are upgrading from the previous 1.3 versions that did not have support for local user creation, its important that after the upgrade you login as the local administrator, and with the "Fix Ldap Meta" option on the plugin configuration page.  This will populate the ldap_login meta value for all accounts (except the local admin) so that existing users are able to login.

Changes:

• Removed ugly hacks for the retrieve password form utilizing a new filter in the trunk.
• Freshened up the look of the admin pages

As always, continue to visit the SourceForge project page for details, and to report bugs or add feature requests!

After a few weeks of testing i’m proud to announce that the official release of the WordPress MU Ldap Plugin for the 1.5 series has been released!  You can download it on the SF project page: Download Now!

The WordPress 2.5 series code changes made quiet a few changes to the authentication and cookie setting bits of the wordpress core.  These changes made alot more sense, and actually allowed me to make the plugin more stable.

Here are a few of the major changes:

• Remove override of wp_setcookie function – no longer needed!  This also means no more conflict with the admin ssl plugin!
• Removed experimental wp_munge hooks – no longer needed!
• Custom pluggable.php is no longer needed, and is totally remove from the release.
• Revamps logic for local users – removed chunks of unnecessary code!
• Enhanced error reporting sent back on authentication failures
• Support for local users!  You can now create local users and use them as well!  Local users can be regular users or admins, it doesn’t matter, they all work!
• Using the new "Add User" screen, it’s now possible to LDAP users to the blog that have never logged into WPMU.  As long as they exist in your LDAP directory, they can be added!

There are also 2 mailing lists setup:

• wpmu-ldap-users – All SF tracker changes are posted to this list.  Please continue to post bugs and features to the SF Trackers.  On top of that, it can also be used for general discussion and hopefully more timely resolutions to problems.  Subscribe Here
• wpmu-ldap-commits – This list is used to notify others of SVN commits.  It is setup as an announce only list.  Subscribe Here

I hope everyone enjoys the long awaited release!