[Xerte] LDAP settings

Wed Feb 10 14:46:27 GMT 2010

I just have and can log on as one of the users - this is possibly the solution, I may be even able to modify the code to pick up users from our MySql database.

My next step is now to try and make preview work - I have had success with edit from modules/xerte which now works with the two require_once statements commented out but preview and play still produce nothing.

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-----Original Message-----
From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Patrick Lockley
Sent: 10 February 2010 14:40
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] LDAP settings

Did you rename switch.txt to be index.php?

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From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Hartley,
Peter
Sent: 10 February 2010 14:29
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] LDAP settings

I have now completely deleted the database and started again - I just
deleted the tables before. Now it has run through.

How do I use the users in switch.txt? I have tried to logon as one of
the users mentioned in the file but just get a blank completely empty
html page.

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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
Sent: 10 February 2010 13:37
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] LDAP settings

If you don't want to use LDAP, there are three options currently, really
four:

- Set up for a single user, but fairly insecure if anyone else knows /
can figure out your URL;
- Use switch.txt. Fairly painless way to add usernames / passwords;
- Use the moodle patch. Ron can advise.
- Roll your own.

Nothing has changed this week. Pat - why would the " No database
selected" error be thrown?

J

-----Original Message-----
From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Hartley,
Peter
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 1:23 PM
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] LDAP settings

HI

I do not want to use ldap but since we have Active Directory I am trying
in a last effort to get it to work that way.

But having just downloaded the latest version from your web site all I
get now from page 4 of the installation is for all the inserts:

The sitedetails site ID query insert into sitedetails(site_id) VALUES (
"1") has failed due to No database selected

I am using the same method that worked earlier this week which went
straight through. Has there been a change to the setup?

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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
Sent: 10 February 2010 12:54
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] LDAP settings

So now I'm confused. You have LDAP or not? Earlier you said you didn't /
couldn't use it?

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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Hartley,
Peter
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 12:21 PM
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] LDAP settings

Hi

I have an AD ldap based on 'kedst.ac.uk' with staff under an OU Staff,
so what do I put in:

LDAP_filter - ?
Ldap_host - I assume the IP number of a domain controller
Ldap_port - I assume 389
Bind_pwd - ?
Basedn - is that dc=uk,dc=ac,dc=kedst
Bind_dn - ?

For Moodle we use an external MySQL database which contains the
necessary fields.

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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
Sent: 10 February 2010 12:04
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] LDAP settings

Can you tell us what information is missing? That would be very helpful.

How do you authenticate your moodle users? 

The moodle patch was created by Ron Mitchell - I need to Ron to chip in
if there are problems with it.

Xerte can run on IIS. We need to understand why your own situation is
failing.

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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Hartley,
Peter
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 11:41 AM
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] LDAP settings

I have found the installation guide very unfriendly and not supplying
the information required to fill in table entries.

The problem is that I do not know how Xerte actually works and with
users having to logon via LDAP - which I actually do not/cannot use -
there is little information on what to enter in LDAP fields, in say an
Active Directory situation.

I am trying to use the Moodle patch which is our preferred route and all
goes well until I edit or preview a project at which point I get a blank
screen. As I cannot get LDAP working I cannot logon to get a project
created and test it out.

The server I am using runs Moodle, Mediawiki and WordPress quite happily
and these installs were fairly straightforward and we just run a
standard setup.

I am coming to the conclusion that as it stands Xerte is simply
uninstallable in a standard Windows/IIS/MySQL/PHP environment as I
cannot find what I have done wrong.

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email: its at kedst.ac.uk
web: www.kedst.ac.uk

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-----Original Message-----
From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
Sent: 10 February 2010 10:17
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] LDAP settings

Pat tells me he has been in dialog with you over the last week to
resolve the issue. We'd like some feedback on why you've found this so
difficult. There is still some confusion, because we don't store login
data in the database.

Are you using Ron Mitchell's moodle patch, and is the problem with that?

Do you have any feedback on the installation guide, provided in the root
of the zip file?

Thanks,

J

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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Hartley,
Peter
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 8:34 AM
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Subject: RE: [Xerte] LDAP settings

Hi

I am still trying to get Xerte to work after a week. The installation is
difficult and required me to use phpMyAdmin to get into the database. I
have set nothing in LDAP since we want to use Moodle to access it. You
can set the password - and everything else - in the database as it is
clear text.

Unlike Moodle Xerte uses the database to store MySQL logon information
and so on.

If you are using IIs and get Xerte to work tell me how you did it!

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