[Owncloud] LDAP User backend problem

[Arthur Schiwon]

On 07/17/2012 12:09 PM, Laurent RAYSSIGUIER wrote:
> Hello,
>
> First, sorry for my english, i do the best I can :-)
>
> I try OwnCloud for the first time and I had mapped owncloud users with my active directory.
> I use the post http://forum.owncloud.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2180 to setup it and I encounter two problems.
>
> The first one was appears when I successfully connect to Active directory server.
> When I clic on Users tab, I encounter an internal 500 error.
>
> I googled the error message and I found that I must comment the line "// throw new Exception('LDAP backend: unexpected collision of DN and ownCloud Name.');" in the file /var/www/owncloud/apps/user_ldap/lib_ldap.php (line 292).
Which ownCloud version are you using?

> When it was done, users appears in users tab. I Think, that's because, all of AD records were selected, (computers and all of AD and Exchange users).
>
> The second problem that I found appears when I filter the user list with those who are in owncloudaccess group.
> When this filter is applied, no users where displayed, but if I try to connect and account of owncloudaccess, the login was successful and I can send files.
> I found that problem is caused by my active directory tree.
> My accounts were stored like this :
> CN=Laurent RAYSSIGUIER,OU=Utilisateurs Caplaser,OU=Societe CAPLASER SA,DC=pyramide,DC=lan
>
> If I Move this user to an another place, like CN=Laurent RAYSSIGUIER,OU=Cloud,DC=pyramide,DC=lan, the username was displayed.
>
> My question is : Is it a bug, or is there a way to correct this ?
Please check if the users are part of the user base tree. Also have a 
look here, please. http://owncloud.org/support/ldap-backend/

> The ldap tree must have a specified size ?
No

Cheers
Arthur

>
> I don't find this problem on owncloud forum and with my friend google...
>
> Is there someone who find it in mailing list ?
>
> Thank you,
> Laurent
>
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