Feature Request: Allow LDAP authentication via Services module

You can create a sandbox project to provide authenication via ldap which can be promoted to a full project after it going through the drupal module approval process. Services core will not support LDAP.

So you need to convice the maintainer of the ldap module to include a module that will plugin into the services auth system or build a standalone module that provides the bridge between the ldap module and services.

There is might be be push back from the ldap maintainer about adding a services module, so a new project that you maintain that integrates the 2 seems to be the best way forward for you in my opinion.

@marcingy - What would be the reason for pushback from the LDAP maintainer on releasing an LDAP sub-module for Services?

That they may not want to maintain a services module if they themselves don't use services.

If services authentication is setup correctly, it should simply leverage the "user" module api for authentication. Ldap authentication or any other credential based external authentication should work. Thinks like openid and cas may have a different workflow that might create problems.

I maintain the ldap project and am not familiar with services authentication so can't say for sure. The "user" module is architected for external authentication mechanisms to plug in to it seamlessly. If this is not the case, I may be able to help.

My understanding is the use case is to authenticate to a webservice with ldap credentials. If this is the use case, an additional module seems like overkill and the request should simply be labelled "Support user module authentication model"

@johnbarclay I think we have a similar issue in the opposite direction. For services authenication equals how am I telling a service that I am given user. In services core 2 schemas exist for this, utilising the standard drupal login mechanism and then providing a sess id to calls after the initial login or by utilising oauth. Does ldap use standard drupal hooks in the area of logging in and subsequently populate the drupal session table?

Cool, thanks! Will try it out ;)

Has this been resolved? I am having some problems authenticating with a site that uses LDAP. I'm wondering if Services not integrating well with LDAP might be the problem.