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Adding data mapping for custom user fields

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    MOODLE_20_STABLE

Description

I'd like having the possibility to add data mapping for custom user fields when I use LDAP or DB auth modules

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  1. Text File
    customfields.patch
    03/Jun/11 2:57 AM
    981 kB
    Gilles-Philippe Leblanc
  2. Text File
    patch2.patch
    20/Aug/09 3:47 AM
    13 kB
    Olav Jordan

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MDL-24252 AUTH LDAP: Map custom user fields Minor Open

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Eloy Lafuente (stronk7) added a comment -

Sounds logical for me. Assigning to Martin for his consideration. Addressing for Moodle 2.0, perhaps as part of the auth/enrol rework?. Adding some specialists in custom profile fields & authentication/enrolments.

Thanks for report. Ciao

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Eloy Lafuente (stronk7) added a comment - Sounds logical for me. Assigning to Martin for his consideration. Addressing for Moodle 2.0, perhaps as part of the auth/enrol rework?. Adding some specialists in custom profile fields & authentication/enrolments. Thanks for report. Ciao
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Martin Dougiamas added a comment -

Yes, absolutely.

This would be part of the general process of converting most of of the fixed user profile fields into custom user fields in Moodle 2.0, which solves a lot of things. There is a bug for this somewhere ..... Shane?

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Martin Dougiamas added a comment - Yes, absolutely. This would be part of the general process of converting most of of the fixed user profile fields into custom user fields in Moodle 2.0, which solves a lot of things. There is a bug for this somewhere ..... Shane?
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Domenico Pontari added a comment -

We already developed this feature for Moodle 1.8
If you think it could be useful for Moodle's developers I can post our hack.
However if you are planning a rework for auth component, it's better if you don't think about the code you wrote before.

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Domenico Pontari added a comment - We already developed this feature for Moodle 1.8 If you think it could be useful for Moodle's developers I can post our hack. However if you are planning a rework for auth component, it's better if you don't think about the code you wrote before.
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Shane Elliott added a comment -

Related issue is: MDL-10908

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Shane Elliott added a comment - Related issue is: MDL-10908
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Fernando Martin added a comment -

Hi there!

Finally I found a post related to my requirement. (happy for that)

Look, I'm connecting Moodle to an LDAP previously authenticated against a CAS server.
Among the fields in the LDAP tree I'm storing the userRoleID, which is quite suggesting of what is its purpose, don't you think?
Well... Now I need to find a way to bind that roleID to Moodle's roleIDs.

The problem here is that our client is a bit in a hurry and maybe he couldn't wait till v2.0

Is there any way / help / code you could give me in order to solve this?
Sorry, but I'm no familiar to Moodle's code even though I'm PHP dev.

Any guidelines will be very appreciated!

Thnx for reading.
Fernando Martin (aka "Pampa")

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Fernando Martin added a comment - Hi there! Finally I found a post related to my requirement. (happy for that) Look, I'm connecting Moodle to an LDAP previously authenticated against a CAS server. Among the fields in the LDAP tree I'm storing the userRoleID, which is quite suggesting of what is its purpose, don't you think? Well... Now I need to find a way to bind that roleID to Moodle's roleIDs. The problem here is that our client is a bit in a hurry and maybe he couldn't wait till v2.0 Is there any way / help / code you could give me in order to solve this? Sorry, but I'm no familiar to Moodle's code even though I'm PHP dev. Any guidelines will be very appreciated! Thnx for reading. Fernando Martin (aka "Pampa")
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Petr Škoda (skodak) added a comment -

Please use moodle.org forums for general support, this might not be the best place

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Petr Škoda (skodak) added a comment - Please use moodle.org forums for general support, this might not be the best place
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Fernando Martin added a comment -

Ok Petr.. sorry for my bad.

I came here Googling
I'll re-post my message.

Kind regards!
Pampa

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Fernando Martin added a comment - Ok Petr.. sorry for my bad. I came here Googling I'll re-post my message. Kind regards! Pampa
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Olav Jordan added a comment -

Just wanted to say I made a patch for this issues in moodle 1.9

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Olav Jordan added a comment - Just wanted to say I made a patch for this issues in moodle 1.9
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Olav Jordan added a comment -

patch for custom fields mapping to LDAP in moodle 1.9

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Olav Jordan added a comment - patch for custom fields mapping to LDAP in moodle 1.9
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Michael Hughes added a comment -

Olav, I have got your patch working, kinda. The trouble is, unless there are already entries in user_info_data for the relevant custom fields, they are never updated on login. Should there be a bit somewhere that says 'if entries not present then create them before updating them from active directory fields'?

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Michael Hughes added a comment - Olav, I have got your patch working, kinda. The trouble is, unless there are already entries in user_info_data for the relevant custom fields, they are never updated on login. Should there be a bit somewhere that says 'if entries not present then create them before updating them from active directory fields'?
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Pawel Suwinski added a comment -

Here is my refactored patch suited for 1.9.5 version: MDL-24252

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Pawel Suwinski added a comment - Here is my refactored patch suited for 1.9.5 version: MDL-24252
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tommy do added a comment -

Hi everyone,

can anyone tell me if this patch works on moodle 2.0? I tried to apply this patch manually ( not run through GnuWin32 by adding the "+ row" and deactivating the "- row" which are described in the patch. Is that the right way to apply patches? Besides i would be appreciate if someone who has successfully done that could show me some screenshots of data mapping after adding fields.

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tommy do added a comment - Hi everyone, can anyone tell me if this patch works on moodle 2.0? I tried to apply this patch manually ( not run through GnuWin32 by adding the "+ row" and deactivating the "- row" which are described in the patch. Is that the right way to apply patches? Besides i would be appreciate if someone who has successfully done that could show me some screenshots of data mapping after adding fields.
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Howard Miller added a comment -

It appears to be a patch for 1.9. It won't work in 2.0 (2.0 handles these fields differently AFAIK)

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Howard Miller added a comment - It appears to be a patch for 1.9. It won't work in 2.0 (2.0 handles these fields differently AFAIK)
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Eloy Lafuente (stronk7) added a comment -

NOTE: This issue was assigned to the STABLE backlog without complete triaging process. Marking it as triaged, but with this note for future reference.

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Eloy Lafuente (stronk7) added a comment - NOTE: This issue was assigned to the STABLE backlog without complete triaging process. Marking it as triaged, but with this note for future reference.
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Gilles-Philippe Leblanc added a comment -

Here is the patch for Moodle 2

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Gilles-Philippe Leblanc added a comment - Here is the patch for Moodle 2
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Steve Bubb added a comment -

Hi all
I would like to try use this patch. Do I just use the linux patch command in the moodle directory?
Should this patch also work with moodle 2.1?
I only have very basic php code knowledge.
Thanks
Steve

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Steve Bubb added a comment - Hi all I would like to try use this patch. Do I just use the linux patch command in the moodle directory? Should this patch also work with moodle 2.1? I only have very basic php code knowledge. Thanks Steve
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Christine Stange added a comment -

Steve - I was able to apply customfields.patch to 2.1.3 and it worked fine, as far as I can tell. I did a careful comparison though between the files before deciding what to merge. There were some differences between 2.0 and 2.1.3. If you only apply the custom fields related code (they're pretty obvious), then you should be okay. There were some files that were much more straightforward than others (ex. the 2 HTML files).

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Christine Stange added a comment - Steve - I was able to apply customfields.patch to 2.1.3 and it worked fine, as far as I can tell. I did a careful comparison though between the files before deciding what to merge. There were some differences between 2.0 and 2.1.3. If you only apply the custom fields related code (they're pretty obvious), then you should be okay. There were some files that were much more straightforward than others (ex. the 2 HTML files).
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