Topic on Extension talk:LDAP Authentication

I'm trying to configure the LDAP plugin, and my problems can probably be solved by reading the debug file, but I can't find it in the expected location /tmp/debug.log. Is that the default? I'm using version 1.2b (alpha) of the plugin and MediaWiki 1.16beta3. Here are the LocalSettings.php lines I added -- most are commented out:

# LDAP
require_once("$IP/extensions/LdapAuthentication/LdapAuthentication.php");
$wgAuth = new LdapAuthenticationPlugin();
$wgLDAPDebug = 4;
$wgDebugLogGroups["ldap"] = "/tmp/debug.log"
#$wgLDAPDomainNaves = array("STJUDE");
#$wgLDAPServerNames = array("STJUDE"=>"[redacted]");
#$wgUseLocal = false;
#$wgLDAPEncryptionType = array("STJUDE"=>"clear");
#$wgLDAPProxyAgent = array("STJUDE"=>"[redacted]");
#$wgLDAPProxyAgentPassword = array("STJUDE"=>"[redacted]");

John Obenauer

Although I'd still like to know where the log file goes for future reference, I got around it by adding lines after every "printDebug" call to print the same message to a text file I specified. It was tedious, but it showed me where the errors were, and now LDAP authentication is working in my environment. Here are the parameters that worked for me, in case it helps others:

# LDAP
require_once("$IP/extensions/LdapAuthentication/LdapAuthentication.php");
$wgAuth = new LdapAuthenticationPlugin();
$wgLDAPDomainNames = array("STJUDE");
$wgLDAPServerNames = array("STJUDE"=>"[redacted]");
$wgUseLocal = false;
$wgLDAPEncryptionType = array("STJUDE"=>"clear");
$wgLDAPProxyAgent = array("STJUDE"=>"cn=[redacted],ou=[redacted],ou=[redacted],DC=[redacted],DC=[redacted],DC=[redacted]");
$wgLDAPProxyAgentPassword = array("STJUDE"=>"[redacted]");
$wgLDAPBaseDNs = array("OU=[redacted],OU=[redacted],dc=[redacted],dc=[redacted],dc=[redacted]");
$wgLDAPSearchAttributes = array("STJUDE"=>"sAMAccountName");
$wgLDAPSearchStrings = array("STJUDE"=>"USER-NAME@STJUDE");

You can specify the output file to anything you want. There is no default. Notice that the debug method just prints information to the specified file.

You can make the Debug file appear in your C:\ by applying the following line;

$wgLDAPDebug = 3;
$wgDebugLogGroups["ldap"] = "\debug.log" ;

>You can specify the output file to anything you want

That would work - if it worked. Even if you specify the file name, like OP in his first example, it does not work. He states his configuration, and then informs that the log does not populate.

>You can make the Debug file appear in your C:\ by applying the following line

Except John here is using Linux.

I had the same problem, eventually read this (Extension:LDAP Authentication/FAQ#The extension won.27t write a debug log), and it shows how the files don't end up in /tmp exactly, because of systemd.

Do you have SELinux enabled? If you have SELinux enabled, it's not going to allow it to write to that debug file.