importing AD users cuts off the username

[franco]

Let's call it username alias then... it still needs to be a well-defined field (email is the most common) and it must be unique to work and then you also have to prevent overlapping alias and real other user names (uh-oh, easier with email vs. clear username to double-check).

Maybe the group matching can be used to just steer the authentication from a remote LDAP user to a local group with the proper GUI privileges? You still need to set this up locally, but don't have to deal with user imports at all.


Cheers,
Franco

[Fright]

Thank you for your patience. I seem to begin to understand. 
So another question: why bother creating a local account ('/usr/sbin/pw  ')  for the ldap-imported user if integrated auth enabled, and not just writing to the config only?
this would remove the OS-restrictions for ldap-accounts?

Maybe the group matching can be used to just steer the authentication from a remote LDAP user to a local group with the proper GUI privileges? You still need to set this up locally, but don't have to deal with user imports at all.

yes i thought it worked like that when you mentioned it, but LDAP/ACL php-scripts seem to be hardcoded to the user in the config (so authenticated user should be in config to get\sync privileges)

[Fright]

@franco
I quickly tested the idea: added a check for non-empty 'user_dn' before calling local_user_set (dont create local user on ldap import). This works with arbitrary ldap username (userPrincipalName with @domainparts in my case).
groups are synchronized via LDAP after login, privileges sets and user can work with GUI .
so the question remains:what is the purpose of registering ldap-user in the local database ('/usr/sbin/pw  ') and what is the risk of skipping it?

[franco]

That sounds like progress. 

The reason is shell access (console or SSH).


Cheers,
Franco

[Fright]

logical, thanks!
in this case (with preservation of shell access) this feature requires too complex changes with unclear benefits
I have no more ideas