What is user LDAP?

LDAP provides a means to manage user and group membership stored in Active Directory. LDAP is a protocol to authenticate and authorize granular access to IT resources, while Active Directory is a database of user and group information.

What exactly is LDAP?

LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is an open and cross platform protocol used for directory services authentication. Directory services store the users, passwords, and computer accounts, and share that information with other entities on the network.

What is AuthLDAPBindPassword?

AuthLDAPBindPassword Directive A bind password to use in conjunction with the bind DN. Note that the bind password is probably sensitive data, and should be properly protected. You should only use the AuthLDAPBindDN and AuthLDAPBindPassword if you absolutely need them to search the directory.

What is LDAP and secure LDAP?

LDAP (Lightweight Directory Application Protocol) and Secure LDAP (LDAPS) is the connection protocol used between application and the Network Directory or Domain Controller within the infrastructure. Note, LDAP transmits communications in Clear Text, and LDAPS communication is encrypted and secure.

How to use Apache LDAP on Active Directory?

The Apache server was configured to request password authentication to acess the directory /var/www/html/test. The Apache web server was configured to authenticate user accounts using the LDAP server 192.168.15.10. The Apache web server was configured to use the Active directory domain: TECH.LOCAL. Restart the Apache service.

Are there any changes to the backing LDAP server?

Changes made to the backing LDAP server will not be immediately reflected on the HTTP Server, including but not limited to user lockouts/revocations, password changes, or changes to group memberships. Consult the directives in mod_ldap for details of the cache tunables. There are two phases in granting access to a user.

What does require LDAP do in Mod _ authnz _ LDAP?

Require ldap-user. The Require ldap-user directive specifies what usernames can access the resource. Once mod_authnz_ldap has retrieved a unique DN from the directory, it does an LDAP compare operation using the username specified in the Require ldap-user to see if that username is part of the just-fetched LDAP entry.

How does the require LDAP-attribute Directive work?

The Require ldap-attribute directive allows the administrator to grant access based on attributes of the authenticated user in the LDAP directory. If the attribute in the directory matches the value given in the configuration, access is granted. The following directive would grant access to anyone with the attribute employeeType = active