RE: [users@httpd] LDAP Authentication and Subgroups/Nested groups

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alun Coppack [mailto:a.coppack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Donnerstag, 24. November 2005 15:03
> To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [users@httpd] LDAP Authentication and Subgroups/Nested groups

caveat: I've never used mod_auth_ldap but from a quick scan of the docs it seems it adds the additional functionality of a LDAP database to Basic Auth. That would mean that the initial credential submission is still handled by the Basic Auth mechanism. 

It's not clear from your posting, but are you nesting realms by any chance? Because you cant...

Basic Auth only supports a single layer of authentication in each realm. If you hit a realm at mysite/dir1, then credentials are requested (password challenge) and then those credentials are re-submitted on every subsequent request in the same realm. If you try to put a second layer of authentication at mysite/dir1/dir2, then the browser will be surprised to get a 401 response when it thinks it is already inside a realm and the results will be unpredictable (browser-dependent). Some will go into a loop, popping up password challenges non-stop, others will show the 401 error. 

Rgds,
Owen Boyle
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> 
> 
> I am running Apache 2.0.50 with mod_auth_ldap
> 
> When I use the 'require group' directive, members of nested 
> groups do not
> seem to be recognised.
> 
> I am trying to authenticate using:
> 
> 'require group cn=Authenticated_users,ou=Roles,dc=sample,dc=com'
> 
> This group, (Authenticated_Users) has a group called
> 'cn=Everyone,ou=Groups,dc=sample,dc=com' as a uniqueMember. 
> The user jbloggs
> is a member of cn=Everyone.
> 
> Apache does not seem to follow the nesting of groups since if 
> I add jbloggs
> directly as a uniqueMember of Authenticated_users everything 
> works fine but
> when jbloggs is only a member of Everyone, authentication fails.
> 
> I am just wondering what the standard, accepted way of 
> setting up LDAP and
> apache is. Am I structuring my directory incorrectly? Any 
> help resolving
> this would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Alun
> 
> The sample ldif is included below:
> 
> # OU DEFINITIONS
> # People OU - for holding records of all individuals
> dn: ou=People,dc=sample,dc=com
> ou: People
> objectClass: top
> objectClass: organizationalUnit
> 
> # Groups OU - for holding records of groupings of individuals
> dn: ou=Groups,dc=sample,dc=com
> ou: Groups
> objectClass: top
> objectClass: organizationalUnit
> 
> # Roles OU - for holding records of roles and the groups to 
> which those
> roles have been assigned
> dn: ou=Roles,dc=sample,dc=com
> ou: Roles
> objectClass: top
> objectClass: organizationalUnit
> 
> # PEOPLE ENTRIES
> dn: uid=jbloggs,ou=People,dc=sample,dc=com
> objectClass: top
> objectClass: person
> objectClass: organizationalPerson
> objectClass: inetOrgPerson
> sn: Bloggs
> cn: Joe
> uid: jbloggs
> userpassword: no3XJAZeeb9AKbGNY65/masWpZE=
> mail: jbloggs@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
> # GROUPS ENTRIES
> dn: cn=Everyone,ou=Groups,dc=sample,dc=com
> objectClass: top
> objectClass: groupOfUniqueNames
> cn: Everyone
> uniqueMember: uid=jbloggs,ou=People,dc=sample,dc=com
> 
> # ROLES ENTRIES
> dn: cn=Authenticated_users,ou=Roles,dc=sample,dc=com
> objectClass: top
> objectClass: groupOfUniqueNames
> cn: Authenticated_users
> uniqueMember: cn=Everyone,ou=Groups,dc=sample,dc=com
> 
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