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
}
exposes the wide array of authentication possibilities.
Authentication now has it's own page separate from other variables.
Most of this work was done by Petri Asikainen <paca@sci.fi>, who started
these changes off.
I've done some cleanups and additions which is why I'm checking it in.
It's all working pretty well at the moment but could use some testing.
Thanks, Petri! :-)
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.
pluggable modules in the 'auth' directory.
Everything is done through authentication_user_login in lib/moodlelib.php
As well as the old default "email" confirmation, I added a new type of
confirmation "none", which basically does no confirmation at all.
