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Active Directory Integration - How to add user?
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 1:34 pm
by ormsbeec
I installed and configured the Active Directory plugin, but Im a bit lost on how to let a user login via it? I added a user but there is no option to say use AD, and when the user is created it does not allow the ad password to be used.
What am I missing?
Thanks,
Re: Active Directory Integration - How to add user?
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 1:58 pm
by tonyyarusso
You have to just use a dummy random password when creating it, but then can use the AD password when logging in as them later. The logic is:
IF username EXISTS in AD AND password MATCHES what is in AD for that username, THEN log in;
ELSE IF password MATCHES what is in XI for that username, THEN log in;
ELSE fail.
So, there is nothing separate enabling AD login for a user at this time, just whether the same username exists in AD as what is in XI.
Re: Active Directory Integration - How to add user?
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 2:22 pm
by ormsbeec
Well, it was simple enough to not make sense. It appears that the initial password configuration (for a newly added) user has to happen first before the AD credentials start working.
Once again, thanks for the help.
Re: Active Directory Integration - How to add user?
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 2:37 pm
by tonyyarusso
Yeah, it's a little misleading at the moment. I'd like to flesh out that component a bit later, but it will be a while. Glad it's working for you now.