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+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is NOT (yet) part of the FileGator package.
+ *
+ * (c) Adriano Hänggli <https://github.com/ahaenggli>
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace Filegator\Services\Auth\Adapters;
+
+use Filegator\Services\Auth\AuthInterface;
+use Filegator\Services\Auth\User;
+use Filegator\Services\Auth\UsersCollection;
+use Filegator\Services\Service;
+use Filegator\Services\Session\SessionStorageInterface as Session;
+
+class LDAP implements Service, AuthInterface
+{
+    const SESSION_KEY = 'LDAP_auth';
+    const GUEST_USERNAME = 'guest';
+
+    protected $session;
+    protected $private_repos = false;
+    protected $ldap_server;
+    protected $ldap_bindDN;
+    protected $ldap_bindPass;
+    protected $ldap_baseDN;
+    protected $ldap_filter;    
+    protected $ldap_userFieldMapping;
+   
+    public function __construct(Session $session)
+    {
+        $this->session = $session;
+    }
+
+    public function init(array $config = [])
+    {
+        if(!isset($config['ldap_server']) || empty($config['ldap_server']))
+            throw new \Exception('config ldap_server missing');
+
+        if (!extension_loaded('ldap')) throw new \Exception('ldap extension missing'); 
+        
+        if($connect=ldap_connect($config['ldap_server'])){
+                ldap_set_option($connect, LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, 3);
+                $this->private_repos = $config['private_repos']; 
+                $this->ldap_server = $config['ldap_server']; 
+                $this->ldap_bindDN = $config['ldap_bindDN']; 
+                $this->ldap_bindPass = $config['ldap_bindPass']; 
+                $this->ldap_baseDN = $config['ldap_baseDN']; 
+                $this->ldap_filter = $config['ldap_filter'];             
+                $this->ldap_userFieldMapping = $config['ldap_userFieldMapping']; 
+        }else {        
+                @ldap_close($connect);
+                throw new \Exception('could not connect to domain');
+         }
+       
+        @ldap_close($connect);               
+    }
+
+    public function user(): ?User
+    {
+        return $this->session ? $this->session->get(self::SESSION_KEY, null) : null;
+    }
+
+    public function authenticate($username, $password): bool
+    {
+        $all_users = $this->getUsers();
+
+        foreach ($all_users as &$u) {
+            if ($u['username'] == $username && $this->verifyPassword($u['userDN'], $password)) {
+                $user = $this->mapToUserObject($u);
+                $this->store($user);
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public function forget()
+    {
+        return $this->session->invalidate();
+    }
+
+    public function store(User $user)
+    {
+        return $this->session->set(self::SESSION_KEY, $user);
+    }
+
+    public function update($username, User $user, $password = ''): User
+    {
+        return new User(); // not used
+    }
+
+    public function add(User $user, $password): User
+    {
+        return new User(); // not used
+    }
+
+    public function delete(User $user)
+    {
+        return true; // not used
+    }
+
+    public function find($username): ?User
+    {
+        foreach ($this->getUsers() as $user) {
+            if ($user['username'] == $username) {
+                return $this->mapToUserObject($user);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public function getGuest(): User
+    {
+        $guest = $this->find(self::GUEST_USERNAME);
+
+        if (!$guest || !$guest->isGuest()) {           
+            $guest = new User();
+            $guest->setUsername('guest');
+            $guest->setName('Guest');
+            $guest->setRole('guest');
+            $guest->setHomedir('/');
+            $guest->setPermissions([]);    
+            return $guest;
+        }
+
+        return $guest;
+    }
+
+    public function allUsers(): UsersCollection
+    {
+        $users = new UsersCollection();
+
+        foreach ($this->getUsers() as $user) {
+            $users->addUser($this->mapToUserObject($user));
+        }
+
+        return $users;
+    }
+
+    protected function mapToUserObject(array $user): User
+    {
+        $new = new User();
+        $new->setUsername($user['username']);
+        $new->setName($user['name']);
+        $new->setRole($user['role']);
+        $new->setHomedir($user['homedir']);
+        $new->setPermissions($user['permissions'], true);
+        return $new;
+    }
+
+    protected function getUsers(): array
+    {
+            $ldapConn = @ldap_connect($this->ldap_server);
+            if (!$ldapConn) throw new \Exception('Cannot Connect to LDAP server');         
+            @ldap_set_option($ldapConn, LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, 3);
+            
+            $ldapBind = @ldap_bind($ldapConn, $this->ldap_bindDN,$this->ldap_bindPass);
+            if (!$ldapBind) throw new \Exception('Cannot Bind to LDAP server: Wrong credentials?');
+                    
+            // search the LDAP server for users
+            $ldapSearch  = @ldap_search($ldapConn, $this->ldap_baseDN, $this->ldap_filter, ['*']);
+            $ldapResults = @ldap_get_entries($ldapConn, $ldapSearch);
+            @ldap_close($ldapConn);
+
+            $users = [];
+            
+            for ($item = 0; $item < $ldapResults['count']; $item++)
+            {        
+                $user = [];                
+                $user['username']  = $ldapResults[$item][$this->ldap_userFieldMapping['username']][0];
+                $user['name']      = $ldapResults[$item][$this->ldap_userFieldMapping['name']][0]; 
+                $user['role']      = 'user';
+                $user['homedir']   = '/';
+                $user['permissions']=$this->ldap_userFieldMapping['default_permissions'];
+                $user['userDN'] = $ldapResults[$item][$this->ldap_userFieldMapping['userDN']]; 
+                
+                if(is_array($this->ldap_userFieldMapping['admin_usernames']))
+                {
+                    if(in_array($user['username'], $this->ldap_userFieldMapping['admin_usernames'])) $user['role'] = 'admin';
+                }
+                              
+                // private repositories for each user?
+                if ($this->private_repos) {
+                    $user->setHomedir('/'.$user['username']);
+                }
+
+                // ...but not for admins
+                if ($user['role'] == 'admin'){
+                    $user['homedir']   = '/';
+                    $user['permissions'] = 'read|write|upload|download|batchdownload|zip';
+                }               
+
+                if(is_array($user) && !empty($user)) $users[] = $user;
+            }
+        return is_array($users) ? $users : [];
+    }
+
+    private function verifyPassword($auth_user, $password)
+    {            
+        if(!isset($this->ldap_server) || empty($this->ldap_server)) return false;
+        if(!extension_loaded('ldap')) return false;
+        
+        if($connect=ldap_connect($this->ldap_server))
+        {            
+         ldap_set_option($connect, LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION, 3);
+         if($bind=ldap_bind($connect, $auth_user, $password)){            
+            @ldap_close($connect);
+            return true;
+        } else {
+            @ldap_close($connect);
+            return false;
+            }
+        }
+     
+    @ldap_close($connect);
+    return false;
+    }   
+}