[Owncloud] Problem with LDAP and usernames with a dot

[Arthur Schiwon]

Hi Matt,

I think you have a different problem.

First, the LDAP names returned by the attribute you specifiy in "Display 
Name Field", are being "transformed" to ownCloud names. An ownCloud user 
name may consist of the characters a-zA-Z0-9.-_@ . While we replaces 
blank spaces with underscores, everything else is simply omitted. E.g. 
"My.Namé" would became "MyNam" (yes, there is not transliteration for now).

Hint: Logging in is of course possible with your usual LDAP name which 
is checked against the attribute you specify in "User Login Filter". It 
can contain dots, weird characters and what not.

Now, the reason why you probably see no one in the sharing-drop down is 
that you can only share to people that are in the same groups you are 
in. Since ownCloud 4.0.5 you can disable this behaviour and share with 
all by setting the hook at Settings → Admin → Enable sharing with everyone

Cheers
Arthur




On 07/28/2012 07:41 PM, Mathias Döhle wrote:
> Hello
>
> I found a problem with ldap. I use the ldap groups and user backend. I
> can't use usernames with a '.' in it. I can login, but I can't  share
> files. The other users not appears in the lists of users. Maybe it is
> because posix not allows this kind of uid. Is there a solution for that?
> If not, I have to change 60 accounts. The users won't be happy with that.
>
> greeting
> matt
>
>
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