[ZendTo] Authenticator after update

[Jules Field]

John,

Does this only happen because you use the LDAP authenticator?
I use the AD one, and the upgrade_preferences_php does a perfect job for me.

Curious...

Jules.

On 03/07/2018 22:43, John Thurston via ZendTo wrote:
> Maybe this is old news to those who keep on top of their version 
> updates. But since I've just invested an hour figuring it, I thought 
> I'd stuff this into the archives so I can find it again in a couple of 
> years. And maybe someone else will find it useful.
>
> The preferences.php.rpmnew available after an upgrade is box-stock. In 
> my case, the important bit is it defined local authentication. Since 
> I'm using ldap authorization, upgrade_preferences_php tells me it has 
> removed all of my ldap specifications as "obsolete settings". It tells 
> me all the settings it has removed, and I can put them all back. But 
> that seems a long way round the barn. 'twould be better if my settings 
> were just retained without me having to copy/paste/move them all.
>
> Reaching into preferences.php.rpmnew, commenting out:
>   'authenticator' => 'Local',
> and removing the comments from:
>   'authenticator'         => 'LDAP',
> as well as the comments on the other ldap specifications I need
>
> means upgrade_preferences_php recognizes these as not-obsolete 
> settings and will retain the values defined in my originating 
> preferences.php
>
> The result is then a ready-to-use preferences file.
>

Jules

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