[ZendTo] LDAP authentication

Thu May 21 10:22:51 BST 2020

Ken,

The UseSSL setting was for running it on a different port.
It turns out the ldaps://server_ip_address option (should use port 636 
by default) is better. And as it's a ldap*s* URL, it will use SSL/TLS 
anyway.
So you can safely leave authLDAPUseSSL set to false. It's over-ridden by 
the use of an ldaps URL.

Cheers,
Jules.

On 20/05/2020 22:36, Ken Etter wrote:
> Jules,
> I'm not running AD, but I do want to get SSL working with my LDAP 
> server.  I configured everything and tested with ldapsearch from my 
> ZendTo server and ldapsearch works.  The command line I am using to 
> test is:
>
> ldapsearch -H ldaps://server_ip_address:636 -x -D "<my_user_name>" 
> -w <my_password> -b "<my_searchbase>" -s sub -a always 
> "(objectClass=User)" cn
>
> That returns the correct info.  I modified the LDAP section trying 
> both of these:
>
> 'authLDAPServers'       => array('ldaps://<server_ip_address>:636'),
> 'authLDAPServers'       => array('ldaps://<server_ip_address>'),
>
> Both work as long as 'authLDAPUseSSL' is set to false . But as soon as 
> I set 'authLDAPUseSSL' equal to true and restart apache, ZendTo 
> complains that it cannot connect.
>
> Any suggestions?
> Ken
> >>> Jules <Jules at Zend.To> 5/20/2020 1:12 PM >>>
> Ken,
>
> You almost certainly want to do the change that will be needed for 
> Active Directory in the Autumn (the Fall).
> Basically you leave the UseSSL settings set to false, but change the 
> server hostname by putting "ldaps://" on the front of it.
> If it is complaining about the certificate, then I guess you are using 
> a locally-signed cert on your LDAPS server(s). In which case, take a 
> look at the troubleshooting guide linked from the 2nd paragraph of
> https://zend.to/activedirectory.php
> Also, that page talks about what you need in preferences.php and your 
> ldap.conf. Both the LDAP and AD authenticators use the same library, 
> as querying AD is basically the same as LDAP just with the odd minor 
> modification to the code.
> Cheers,
> Jules.
> On 20/05/2020 17:23, Ken Etter wrote:
>> Jules,
>> Is there anything special required to get LDAP working with SSL? I 
>> tried setting 'authLDAPUseSSL' to true, rebooted and logins fail. I 
>> then tried adding the port number (after a colon) to the address in 
>> 'authLDAPServers' and rebooted and logins still fail. If I use an 
>> ldap browser to connect, it works although it does complain about the 
>> certificate. Do I need to import the certificate for ZendTo to be 
>> able to connect? If so, do you have any directions for this?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Ken
>> >>> Jules <Jules at Zend.To> 5/20/2020 8:59 AM >>>
>> I always forget about it too!
>>
>> And I wrote it :-(
>> On 20/05/2020 13:48, Ken Etter wrote:
>>> Thanks Jules! I completely forgot about that feature. That explains it.
>>>
>>> Ken
>>> >>> Jules <Jules at Zend.To> 5/20/2020 4:54 AM >>>
>>> Ken,
>>>
>>> ZendTo actively locks out (for 24 hours) users who have failed too 
>>> many login attempts in a day.
>>> This protects against hackers using your ZendTo to attempt to find 
>>> passwords by brute force.
>>> There are 2 ways of seeing who is currently locked out, and to 
>>> manually unlock them immediately:
>>> 1. The web interface for an Admin user (it's one of the red buttons).
>>> 2. But if you can't get to that, then run /opt/zendto/bin/unlockuser 
>>> and it will show its command-line usage. You should just be able to run
>>> sudo /opt/zendto/bin/unlockuser -a
>>>
>>> to unlock every temporarily-locked account.
>>> Hope that helps,
>>> Jules.
>>> On 19/05/2020 22:28, Ken Etter via ZendTo wrote:
>>>> And now it is working again. Since a trace on my ldap server showed 
>>>> I wasn't even getting a query from ZendTo, I decided to see what my 
>>>> firewall was seeing. ZendTo is installed in my DMZ. I log into the 
>>>> firewall and do a couple of logins to ZendTo with other accounts 
>>>> and watch what shows up in the firewall. Then I try my login again 
>>>> and it works and shows up in the firewall as expected. I had 
>>>> changed nothing, I just logged into the firewall to see the 
>>>> activity. Frustrating not knowing why, but things are working 
>>>> again. I assume the firewall between the DMZ and the rest of the 
>>>> network was the issue, but I have no idea how or why since it just 
>>>> started working.
>>>>
>>>> My apologies for all the clutter on the mailing list.
>>>>
>>>> Ken
>>>> >>> Ken Etter 5/19/2020 4:48 PM >>>
>>>> I have other software that also does LDAP authentication and my 
>>>> account works fine there. A trace on my LDAP server shows the login 
>>>> happening as expected. So it is as if ZendTo thinks my account is 
>>>> not an LDAP account and is trying to authenticate elsewhere and 
>>>> failing.
>>>>
>>>> Ken
>>>> >>> Ken Etter 5/19/2020 4:41 PM >>>
>>>> Doing some more digging into this and not making much progress. I 
>>>> was working on moving ZendTo ldap authentication from port 389 to 
>>>> port 636 (SSL). Something wasn't working right, but now my account 
>>>> is locked out of ZendTo. Doing a trace from my LDAP server shows 
>>>> that I don't even get a request from ZendTo. ZendTo is working for 
>>>> all accounts except mine. Is there anything at all within ZendTo 
>>>> that might give me a clue as to what is going on?
>>>>
>>>> *Ken Etter*, System Administrator
>>>> Architectural Group
>>>> 260.432.9337|msktd.com <http://msktd.com/>
>>>>
>>>> <http://msktd.com/>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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