diff --git a/admin_manual/configuration/auth_ldap.rst b/admin_manual/configuration/auth_ldap.rst index 8f5326a2d..1e5c85678 100644 --- a/admin_manual/configuration/auth_ldap.rst +++ b/admin_manual/configuration/auth_ldap.rst @@ -285,17 +285,12 @@ Cache Time-To-Live: Directory Settings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -.. figure:: ../images/ldap-advanced-settings-directory-settings-oc5.png +.. figure:: ../images/ldap-advanced-2-directory.png LDAP Advanced Settings, section Directory Settings User Display Name Field: - The attribute that should be used as display name in ownCloud. Prior to - ownCloud 5 it was used as internal user name. This is not the case anymore. - It also means that display names are not permanent in ownCloud, i.e. if the - attribute value changes in LDAP, it changes in ownCloud too. Display names - to not need to be unique, but you rather want to specify a more or less unique - attribute here to avoid confusion. + The attribute that should be used as display name in ownCloud. * Example: *displayName* @@ -310,10 +305,16 @@ Base User Tree: | *cn=designers,dc=my-company,dc=com* User Search Attributes: - These attributes are used when a search for users with a search string is - done. This happens, for instance, in the share dialogue. By default the user - display name attribute as specified above is being used. Multiple attributes - can be given, one in each line. + These attributes are used when a search for users is done. This happens, for + instance, in the share dialogue. By default the user display name attribute as + specified above is being used. Multiple attributes can be given, one in each + line. + + Beware that if an attribute is not available on a user object, the user will + neither be listed (e.g. in the share dialogue) nor be able to login. This also + affects the display name attribute as specified above. If you override the + default, the display name attribute will not be taken into account, unless you + specify it as well. * Example: @@ -339,10 +340,13 @@ Base Group Tree: | *cn=madrid,dc=my-company,dc=com* Group Search Attributes: - These attributes are used when a search for groups with a search string is - done. This happens, for instance, in the share dialogue. By default the group - display name attribute as specified above is being used. Multiple attributes - can be given, one in each line. + These attributes are used when a search for groups is done. This happens, for + instance, in the share dialogue. By default the group display name attribute + as specified above is being used. Multiple attributes can be given, one in + each line. + + If you override the default, the group display name attribute will not be + taken into account, unless you specify it as well. * Example: @@ -353,6 +357,9 @@ Group Member association: The attribute that is used to indicate group memberships, i.e. the attribute used by LDAP groups to refer to their users. + ownCloud detects the value automatically, you should only change it, if you + have a very valid reason and know what you are doing. + * Example: *uniquemember* Special Attributes diff --git a/admin_manual/images/ldap-advanced-2-directory.png b/admin_manual/images/ldap-advanced-2-directory.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..35837fa1b Binary files /dev/null and b/admin_manual/images/ldap-advanced-2-directory.png differ diff --git a/admin_manual/images/ldap-advanced-settings-directory-settings-oc5.png b/admin_manual/images/ldap-advanced-settings-directory-settings-oc5.png deleted file mode 100644 index a936758fc..000000000 Binary files a/admin_manual/images/ldap-advanced-settings-directory-settings-oc5.png and /dev/null differ