Documentation
Requirements
Plugin versions are as follows:
WordPress MU 3.1.x should use WPMU Ldap 3.1.x
WordPress MU 3.x.x should use WPMU Ldap 3.x.x
WordPress MU 2.8.x or 2.9.x should use WPMU Ldap 2.8.x or 2.9.x
Installation
Before installing the plugin, be sure that you have the php ldap extension installed and activated!
Simply download the package and extract the files into the mu-plugins folder. Thats it!
Note: In wordpress 3.x, the mu-plugins is not created by default. If you are setting up a new install, you will need to first create the mu-plugins folder.
The folder contents directly inside of mu-plugins should be:
wp-content/mu-plugins/ldap_auth.php
wp-content/mu-plugins/ldap
Configuration Options
Example configuration options for connecting to Microsoft Active Directory:
Connection Settings
Server Encryption: SSL
Server Address: ad1.example.com
Server Port: 3269
Search DN: DC=example,DC=com
Search User DN: CN=wpmubind,OU=binds,DC=example,DC=com
Search User Password: (insert password here)
LDAP Type: Windows
LDAP Attribute Mapping
Email: mail
Givename (Firstname): givenname
Surname (Lastname): sn
Nickname: (empty)
Phone: phone
Home Directory: homedirectory
Member: member
Mac Address: zenwmmacaddress
Distinguished Name (DN): dn
Search Attribute (Linux): uid
Search Attribute (Windows): samaccountname
Group Configuration Options
The following settings have been tested and are functional with group support:
Windows – Active Directory
* Search Attribute: samaccountname
* Group Attribute: member
* Group Objectclass: group
Linux – OpenLDAP
* Search Attribute: cn
* Group Attribute: member
* Group Objectclass: groupofnames
