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ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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0024638 | mantisbt | ldap | public | 2018-07-29 11:41 | 2018-08-13 02:33 |
Reporter | jingshaochen | Assigned To | atrol | ||
Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | always |
Status | closed | Resolution | no change required | ||
Product Version | 2.15.0 | ||||
Summary | 0024638: LDAP authentication does not need to bind a service account | ||||
Description | When using ldap authenticate, one can directly use user supplied username and password to bind to ldap server, if succeed, then the user information will be returned and we know the user is authenticated successfully. There is no need to have a service account for the purpose of authenticating other users. That means | ||||
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From what I understand there are situations where a service account is needed, see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25519666/is-ldap-binding-account-required-for-user-authentication |
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Agree. With more complex structure, you have to use a service account to find the DN first. |
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Thanks for the feedback. |
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