Course creators are managed by /admin/creator.php , same way that admins.
Or if authetication module have 'auth_iscreator'-function (right now only ldap-module have) ,
users are added to creators at login time.
Works currently only with ldap-module (tested with e-directory), but
other modules could be extended too by
adding following functions:
function auth_user_exists ($username) {
//returns true if given username already exists on authetication database
}
function auth_user_create ($userobject,$plainpass) {
//create new user to authentication database
//in inactive state (if posible)
//returns true if user is created
}
function auth_user_activate ($username) {
//activate external user after email-address is confirmed
//returns true if user is activated
}
It contains also experimental auth_get_userinfo() function, what is not used by moodle yet.
If you like to try it, create following $CFG variables to /config.php or directly to config-table and activate
ldap authentication from admin-configuration page.
$CFG->ldap_bind_dn "If your like to use bind-user to search users, specify it here. Someting like 'cn=ldapuser,ou=public,o=org'"
$CFG->ldap_bind_pw "Password for bind-user."
$CFG->ldap_contexts "List of contexts where users are located.
Separate different contexts with ';'. Something like 'ou=users,o=org; ou=other,o=org'"
$CFG->ldap_host_url "Specify LDAP host in URL-form like 'ldap://ldap.myorg.com/' or 'ldaps//ldap.myorg.com/' ";
$CFG->ldap_search_sub "Put value <> 0 if you like to search users from subcontexts.";
$CFG->ldap_user_attribute "What attribute is used to name/search users. Usually 'cn'. ";
More configuration optios are coming. This version is tested against Novell E-Directory without SSL and it works fine.
