Django Authentication Using LDAP

This is a Django authentication backend that authenticates against an LDAP service. Configuration can be as simple as a single distinguished name template, but there are many rich configuration options for working with users, groups, and permissions.

This version is officially supported on Python >= 2.6 and < 3, Django >= 1.3, and python-ldap >= 2.0. It is known to work on earlier versions (especially of Django) and backwards-compatibility is not broken needlessly, however users of older dependencies are urged to test their deployments carefully and be wary of updates.

Support for Python >= 3.3 is considered experimental at this time. Since python-ldap doesn’t support Python 3 yet, you have to install a fork:

$ pip install git+https://github.com/rbarrois/python-ldap.git@py3

• Installation
• Authentication
  • Server Config
  • Search/Bind
  • Direct Bind
  • Notes
• Working With Groups
  • Types of Groups
  • Finding Groups
  • Limiting Access
• User objects
  • User Attributes
  • Updating Users
  • Direct Attribute Access
  • Custom Field Population
• Permissions
  • Using Groups Directly
  • Group Mirroring
  • Non-LDAP Users
• Multiple LDAP Configs
• Logging
• Performance
• Example Configuration
• Reference
  • Settings
  • Module Properties
  • Configuration
  • Backend
• Change Log
  • v1.2.2 - 2014-09-22
  • v1.2.1 - 2014-08-24
  • v1.2 - 2014-04-10
  • v1.1.8 - 2014-02-01
  • v1.1.7 - 2013-11-19
  • v1.1.5 - 2013-10-25
  • v1.1.4 - 2013-03-09
  • v1.1.3 - 2013-01-05

Older Versions

• django-auth-ldap 1.0.19

License

Copyright (c) 2009, Peter Sagerson All rights reserved.

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