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diff --git a/docs/xml/installation.xml b/docs/xml/installation.xml index 75928058b..8e63f5858 100644 --- a/docs/xml/installation.xml +++ b/docs/xml/installation.xml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"> --> -<!-- $Id: installation.xml,v 1.118 2006/04/30 20:35:15 lpsolit%gmail.com Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: installation.xml,v 1.119 2006/05/30 21:17:34 mkanat%bugzilla.org Exp $ --> <chapter id="installing-bugzilla"> <title>Installing Bugzilla</title> @@ -1320,16 +1320,18 @@ c:\perl\bin\perl.exe -xc:\bugzilla -wT "%s" %s you need to deal with user ID (e.g assigning a bug) use the email address. The LDAP authentication builds on top of this scheme, rather than replacing it. The initial log in is done with a username and - password for the LDAP directory. This then fetches the email address - from LDAP and authenticates seamlessly in the standard Bugzilla - authentication scheme using this email address. If an account for this - address already exists in your Bugzilla system, it will log in to that - account. If no account for that email address exists, one is created at - the time of login. (In this case, Bugzilla will attempt to use the - "displayName" or "cn" attribute to determine the user's full name.) - After authentication, all other user-related tasks are still handled by - email address, not LDAP username. You still assign bugs by email - address, query on users by email address, etc. + password for the LDAP directory. Bugzilla tries to bind to LDAP using + those credentials, and if successful, try to map this account to a + Bugzilla account. If a LDAP mail attribute is defined, the value of this + attribute is used, otherwise emailsuffix parameter is appended to LDAP + username to form a full email adress. If an account for this address + already exists in your Bugzilla system, it will log in to that account. + If no account for that email address exists, one is created at the time + of login. (In this case, Bugzilla will attempt to use the "displayName" + or "cn" attribute to determine the user's full name.) After + authentication, all other user-related tasks are still handled by email + address, not LDAP username. You still assign bugs by email address, query + on users by email address, etc. </para> <caution> |