[Xerte-dev] Re: Fwd: Two LDAPs

[Pat @ Pgogy]

you can connect to xerte from a local PC if the LDAP is open to that IP


On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Thomas Rochford (Jiscadvance) <
thomas.rochford at jiscadvance.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
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> It’s going to be very difficult to find an Institution to test this with
> Active Directory, because not many Colleges are going to want the risk of
> disrupting services, especially where they have got some sort of
> workaround. The nearest to me is Easton College just outside Norwich where
> I know they were having problems I will contact them and ask if they still
> have two domains, and if so whether they would be prepared to test the fix,
> probably on a temporary server. Please can someone let me have a download
> URL for a version of XoT if you want me to pursue this.
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>
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> The better alternative, in my view, is to follow up Ron’s idea of getting
> a test LDAP server, rather than a Windows domain server. Nottingham
> University, as are all other .ac.uk domains are able to get a free server
> hosted by JANET (virtually) by RM (physically). You have the choice of a
> Linux or a Windows Server so I guess we’ld go for a LINUX one. Fire up the
> LDAP server (I think it is either part of Apache or there is a ‘plugin’ for
> this) and use this for testing. This is probably the easiest route if
> Julian can persuade his IT department to apply to the JANET Help Desk for a
> Server – in my experience it takes about two weeks before the whole thing
> is setup.
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> Kindest regards, Thomas
>
>
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> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Julian Tenney
> *Sent:* 26 November 2013 15:18
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> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Fwd: Two LDAPs
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> Ah, a 2.2 branch already exists…
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> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
> mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>]
> *On Behalf Of *Julian Tenney
> *Sent:* 26 November 2013 15:15
> *To:* xerte at pgogywebstuff.com; For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Fwd: Two LDAPs
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> I will create a 2.2 branch from develop and commit these files to it,
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> Thanks,
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> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
> mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>]
> *On Behalf Of *Pat @ Pgogy
> *Sent:* 26 November 2013 15:07
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Fwd: Two LDAPs
>
>
>
> I think adding this to library/xerte/authentication fixes it
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> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Julian Tenney <
> Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Sounds like Thomas can help?
>
>
>
> *From:* patrick.lockley at googlemail.com [mailto:
> patrick.lockley at googlemail.com] *On Behalf Of *Pat @ Pgogy
> *Sent:* 26 November 2013 13:59
> *To:* Julian Tenney
> *Cc:* xerte at pgogywebstuff.com; For Xerte technical developers
> *Subject:* Re: [Xerte-dev] Re: Fwd: Two LDAPs
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> i assume it stopped working when the LDAP library was created
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> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Julian Tenney <
> Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
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> Did it work previously?
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> *From:* xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Pat @ Pgogy
> *Sent:* 26 November 2013 12:00
>
>
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers
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> *Subject:* [Xerte-dev] Re: Fwd: Two LDAPs
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>
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> As far as I can tell at present, the 2.1 code as it won't work with more
> than one LDAP, but I have no possibility of testing
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> (for ref spent ages yesterday fixing Adam Marjon's LDAP - mostly off list)
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> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 11:08 AM, <thomas.rochford at jiscadvance.ac.uk>
> wrote:
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> Hi Pat,
>
>
>
> Yes indeed. I’ve had big problems at Lowestoft college where they have
> three LDAPS! One for  IT Staff, another for All other staff and the third
> for students. Quite a few colleges have separate domains for staff and
> students as well.
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>
>
> Kindest Regards,
> Thomas
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> *From:* Pat @ Pgogy <xerte at pgogywebstuff.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, 25 November 2013 15:57
> *To:* For Xerte technical developers <xerte-dev at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
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>
> hello
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> Is anyone auth'ing to two LDAPs?
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> I think I've found a bug, but need to test
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> Pat
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