Re: Roles in OpenLDAP with back-sql

On 09/07/2012 04:17 PM, Dan White wrote:

On 09/07/12 15:59 +0200, David Rose wrote:

Hi everyone,

Is anybody know if it's possible to define roles in OpenLDAP using
back-sql?

Here's the thing, we need to prevent some of our users to see
"everything".
We need to filter results for some groups of users. But we need these
rules in the database (Postgres) to be able to change them dynamically.

Consider using the dynamic slapd-config backend instead. See chapters
5 and
8 of the OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide.

We have a WebApp that stores all its data in Pg and we'd like to access
it using LDAP without having to replicate the database. And AFAIK
slapd-config and back-sql aren't compatible.

Problem is that, currently, when a user send a search query, OpenLDAP
does not include in any way the DN of the user who made the query.

That seems counterintuitive. Are your users binding anonymously? If so,
don't do that.

None of our users are bind anonymously. They're logged in, LDAP knows
who's logged in, but doesn't tell Pg when a search query is passed.

As a result we have trouble creating scopes by user/group.