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This howto describes how to add a new member to the [[LDAP]]. This can only be done by users with sufficient rights in FusionDirectory (ie: users in group "admins").
This howto describes how to add a new member to the [[LDAP]].


* Log in to FusionDirectory (https://ldap.nurdspace.nl) with your LDAP credentials.
* Log in to phpldapadmin (https://ldap.nurdspace.nl) with admin user (pre filled)
* In the left menu ("Administration") click on "Users".
* Copy a exsiting user
* Above the users list click on "Actions" -> "Create" -> "User"
* Edit fields that are specific for a person
* Fill in "Last name", "First name", "Login" and any other properties you can/want to.
* Make ''Password'' and ''sambaNTPassword'' "Changeme" or something similar. The new user will have to log in to change his/her password him-/herself via https://ldap.nurdspace.nl to ensure the NTPassword field gets set to the same value as the LDAP password. This is needed for [[Spacenet]] to work.
** Be sure to only use lower case for the login as mediawiki doesn't like caps in usernames!
* Click on the "Unix" tab
* Click on "Add Unix settings"
* Fill in "Home directory" (absolute path, so: /home/henk. This dir will be created on the NFS exported homedirs upon saving the user.)
* In the right column ("Group membership") click on "Add" and check the boxes for "members", "spacenet", "wikiusers". If applicable also check "keyholders", "sudo" or "dialout".
* Click on "Add" at the bottom of the groups list.
* Click on the tab "Samba".
* Click on "Add Samba settings".
* Do not fill in anything, just click on "Ok" at the right bottom
* It will ask you to create a password. Just make it "Changeme" or something similar. The new user will have to log in to change his/her password him-/herself via https://ldap.nurdspace.nl to ensure the NTPassword field gets set to the same value as the LDAP password. This is needed for [[Spacenet]] to work.

Revision as of 17:12, 21 April 2017

This howto describes how to add a new member to the LDAP.

  • Log in to phpldapadmin (https://ldap.nurdspace.nl) with admin user (pre filled)
  • Copy a exsiting user
  • Edit fields that are specific for a person
  • Make Password and sambaNTPassword "Changeme" or something similar. The new user will have to log in to change his/her password him-/herself via https://ldap.nurdspace.nl to ensure the NTPassword field gets set to the same value as the LDAP password. This is needed for Spacenet to work.