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enable

Example Value:

enable = false

Informational Note:

This setting will enable or disable LDAP authentication in DSpace. With the setting off, users will be required to register and login with their email address. With this setting on, users will be able to login and register with their LDAP user ids and passwords.

autoregister

Example Value:

autoregister = true

Informational Note:

This will turn LDAP autoregistration on or off. With this on, a new EPerson object will be created for any user who successfully authenticates against the LDAP server when they first login. With this setting off, the user must first register to get an EPerson object by entering their ldap username and password and filling out the forms.

provider_url

Example Value:

provider_url = ldap://ldap.myu.edu/o=myu.edu

Informational Note:

This is the url to your institution's LDAP server. You may or may not need the /o=myu.edu part at the end. Your server may also require the ldaps:// protocol.

id_field

Example Value:

id_field = uid

Explanation:

This is the unique identifier field in the LDAP directory where the username is stored.

object_context

Example Value:

object_context = ou=people, o=myu.edu

Informational Note:

This is the object context used when authenticating the user. It is appended to the id_field and username. For example uid=username,ou=people,o=myu.edu. You will need to modify this to match your LDAP configuration.

search_context

Example Value:

search_context = ou=people

Informational Note:

This is the search context used when looking up a user's LDAP object to retrieve their data for autoregistering. With autoregister turned on, when a user authenticates without an EPerson object we search the LDAP directory to get their name and email address so that we can create one for them. So after we have authenticated against uid=username,ou=people,o=byu.edu we now search in ou=people for filtering on [uid=username]. Often the search_context is the same as the object_context parameter. But again this depends on your LDAP server configuration.

email_field

Example Value:

email_field = mail

Informational Note:

This is the LDAP object field where the user's email address is stored. "mail" is the default and the most common for LDAP servers. If the mail field is not found the username will be used as the email address when creating the eperson object.

surname_field

Example Value:

surname_field = sn

Informational Note:

This is the LDAP object field where the user's last name is stored. "sn" is the default and is the most common for LDAP servers. If the field is not found the field will be left blank in the new eperson object.

givenname_field

Example Value:

givenname_field = givenName

Informational Note:

This is the LDAP object field where the user's given names are stored. I'm not sure how common the givenName field is in different LDAP instances. If the field is not found the field will be left blank in the new eperson object.

phone_field

Example Value:

phone_field = telephoneNumber

Informational Note:

This is the field where the user's phone number is stored in the LDAP directory. If the field is not found the field will be left blank in the new eperson object.

login.specialgroup

Example Value:

login.specialgroup = group-name

Informational Note:

If required, a group name can be given here, and all users who log into LDAP will automatically become members of this group. This is useful if you want a group made up of all internal authenticated users. (Remember to log on as the administrator, add this to the "Groups" with read rights).

If user's DN in LDAP is in the following form:

cn=jdoe,OU=Students,OU=Users,dc=example,dc=edu

that user would get assigned to the ALL_STUDENTS DSpace group on login.

Note 1: This group must already exist in DSpace.

Note 2: This option can be used independently from the login.specialgroup option, which will put all LDAP users into a single DSpace group. Both options may be used together.