LDAP: username collision in different contexts
by Martín Langhoff. Hi LDAP module maintainers!I am wondering if there's been any thinking on the track of supporting LDAP usage when there are several contexts, where they may contain conflicting...
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by Martín Langhoff. Thinking a bit more about it... the use of some kind of disambiguating prefix is a requirement, as we still need a unique username for mdl_user. So the first part of my proposal is...
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by Dan Poltawski. Change the auth API so that active modules can "inject" form elements to the login form, so the login form would perhaps have a drop down menu. This would be a much bigger...
View ArticleRe: Manage auth not working
by Helen Foster. Hi Guilherme,Please see the FAQ 'Why is a page blank, or half missing?' in Administration FAQ for what to do to figure out the problem.
View ArticleRe: changing required fields for new students
by Jamie Milliken. I went through the suggestions as far as wanting to not require the email field be used. Since doing that, if a user (manually created) logs in, they get taken straight to "Edit...
View ArticleRe: LDAP: username collision in different contexts
by Martín Langhoff. Thanks! That's very relevant.
View ArticleRe: changing required fields for new students
by Michael E. Go into lib/moodlelib.php and search for function user_not_fully_set_up($user) { if (isguestuser($user)) { return false; } return (empty($user->firstname) or...
View ArticleCentralised User Management system
by Paul Garratt. To AllWe run a large cluster of Moodle systems, both 1.9 and 2.4 around 80 Moodles in total.I was looking for some advise on how to improve our user management. At present all our...
View ArticleRe: Single sign on bombshell
by Alan Hare. It seems that because the authentication server(s) and the moodle server(s) are located outside the trust boundaries of each other then the only option without using a pass-through...
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by Alan Hare. Osajus,You want to reference these previous posts for troubleshooting tips on your...
View ArticleMembership Approval of Self Registrations
by Eliyahu Mitterhoff. Is there anyway for an admin to approve or reject new members based on the information filled out in the form during the signup process? I have asked about this in other posts...
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by Andrea Bicciolo. Hi Eliyahu, looking ate the Moodle contrib plugins I found this one: https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=auth_emailadmin You may want to give it a try and check if it help...
View ArticleSettings flags in Moodle based on context
by Kieran Briggs. We use LDAP as authentication on our moodle. They come from 2 different contexts - Staff and Students. Is it possible based on the specific context to set a flag in moodle's user...
View Articlehow to map mail to users??
by HHH HHHH. Hello everyone! I had connected the ldap server(MS-AD Server) to my moodle application and i can use the ldap users for login successfully.Also, I have set firstname=givenname,...
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Re: LDAP: username collision in different contexts
by Iñaki Arenaza. Hi,[small rant before I dive into the mud]If your usernames are not unique across different contexts, then they are not usernames. You may pretend they are , but you are lying to...
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by Martín Langhoff. Good rant. My thinking is the same. I hadn't included mnethostid, but it makes sense.Beyond a huge effort, I worry about what happens withupgrades -- how to we map the authinstance...
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by Dan Poltawski. This has just reminded me of another patch, which might be relevant to this - MDL-34426
View ArticleUpdate existing LDAP user details from LDAP?
by Daniel Carpenter. Hi, We imported our ldap users from the AD before we setup the data mapping. Now all users have accounts with no info in them. I have set it to update the account when they log...
View ArticleRe: Membership Approval of Self Registrations
by Eliyahu Mitterhoff. Thank you so much. This is exaclty what I was looking for!
View ArticleTransfer login from external site
by Anthony Ingram-Westover. Is there anyway to have a user login to an external site then click a link to the moodle site and automatically be logged in? We are using external database authentication,...
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