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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-29249

LDAP authentication: Don't mass create users by cronjob

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    Details

    • Type: Improvement
    • Status: Open
    • Priority: Minor
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • Affects Version/s: 2.0.4, 2.5.7, 2.6.4, 2.7.1
    • Fix Version/s: DEV backlog
    • Component/s: Authentication
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    • Affected Branches:
      MOODLE_20_STABLE, MOODLE_25_STABLE, MOODLE_26_STABLE, MOODLE_27_STABLE

      Description

      Preface:
      We use moodle together with LDAP authentication. We have activated the LDAP cronjob to get rid of moodle accounts of users who have been deleted in ldap. Our LDAP server has approx. 15000 accounts, but only a fraction of these use moodle. Now, the LDAP cronjob kindly creates moodle accounts for every LDAP account which isn't nessecary.

      Feature Request:
      We have commented out the user addition in /auth/ldap/auth.php, line 815 to 868. It would be great if this could be made optional by using a preference in LDAP configuration form (http://YOURMOODLEURL/admin/auth_config.php?auth=ldap).

      The changes in code for creating this preference should fairly simple - please let me know if this feature request is approved, then I will supply diffs for that.

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          has a non-specific relationship to

          Improvement - An enhancement to an existing Moodle feature. MDL-26630 Add LDAP Authentication option to NOT auto create user accounts on first login/first authentication

          • Major - Major loss of function, incorrect output
          • Closed
          will be (partly) resolved by

          Improvement - An enhancement to an existing Moodle feature. MDL-47030 Add the improved features of the contributed plugin auth_ldap_syncplus to Moodle core auth_ldap plugin

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Open

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