Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of DirectoryAuthPlugin

Timestamp:

Sep 18, 2012, 12:42:56 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

branson

Comment:

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DirectoryAuthPlugin

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 == Description ==
 
-The Directory Auth Plugin is a password store for the AccountManagerPlugin that provides authentication and groups from Active Directory. 
+The Directory Auth Plugin is a password store for the AccountManagerPlugin that provides authentication and groups from Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) enabled service including [[http://www.openldap.org|OpenLdap]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Directory|ActiveDirectory]] and [[en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Open_Directory|OpenDirectory]].
 
-Users are authenticated by performing an ldap_bind against an LDAP or AD server using their credentials.  The plugin will also pull the email address and displayName from Directory and populate the `session_attribute` table.  See [http://pacopablo.com/blog/pacopablo/blog/set-assign-to-drop-down Populating ''Assign To'' Drop Down in Trac] for more information on why. 
+Users are authenticated by performing an ldap_bind against a directory using their credentials.  The plugin will also pull the email address and displayName from Directory and populate the `session_attribute` table.  See [http://pacopablo.com/blog/pacopablo/blog/set-assign-to-drop-down Populating ''Assign To'' Drop Down in Trac] for more information on why. 
 
-== Groups == 
- - One can specify a group which users must be a member of in order to log in.  
- - Additionally, one may specify an ''admin'' group.  If a user is a member of the ''admin'' group, then they will automatically be granted the `TRAC_ADMIN` permission.
- - Finally, Directory groups are extended into the trac namespace.  They can be used to extend permissions by group.
-   - directory groups are prefixed by @ 
-   - group names are lowercase and spaces are replaced with underscores.
+== Features ==
+ - Can use a service account to do lookups, or anonymous binding
+ - Can use SSL if openssl is configured correctly ( I am working on some documentation for this ) 
+ - Configurable .. many options to deal with the differences between directories and schema
+ - Uses both memory and db based caching to improve performance
+ - Now supports LARGE directories 
+ - Can expand directory groups into the Trac namespace
 
- See [DirectoryAuthPlugin/GroupManagement GroupManagement] for more details.
+See: [DirectoryAuthPlugin/TheoryOfOperation] for details
 
-== Caching == 
-Given the expense of traversing the network for authorizations, a two-stage cache has been implemented.  This caches data in the database for all instances of python, and in memory for each instance; while maintaining expiration and flushing the cache(s) as necessary. See: [DirectoryAuthPlugin/CacheManagement CacheManagement] for details. 
 
 == Bugs/Feature Requests ==