Merge pull request #1149 from fzs/fixLDAPbinding

Fix LDAP binding strategies

Author: gitblit

src/main/distrib/data/defaults.properties

@@ -1812,6 +1812,10 @@ realm.salesforce.orgId = 0
 realm.ldap.server = ldap://localhost
 
 # Login username for LDAP searches.
+# This is usually a user with permissions to search LDAP users and groups.
+# It must have at least have the permission to search users. If it does not
+# have permission to search groups, the normal user logging in must have
+# the permission in LDAP to search groups.
 # If this value is unspecified, anonymous LDAP login will be used.
 # 
 # e.g. mydomain\\username
@@ -1824,8 +1828,14 @@ realm.ldap.username = cn=Directory Manager
 # SINCE 1.0.0
 realm.ldap.password = password
 
-# Bind pattern for Authentication.
-# Allow to directly authenticate an user without LDAP Searches.
+# Bind pattern for user authentication.
+# Allow to directly authenticate an user without searching for it in LDAP.
+# Use this if the LDAP server does not allow anonymous access and you don't
+# want to use a specific account to run searches. When set, it will override
+# the settings realm.ldap.username and realm.ldap.password.
+# This requires that all relevant user entries are children to the same DN,
+# and that logging users have permission to search for their groups in LDAP.
+# This will disable synchronization as a specific LDAP account is needed for that.
 # 
 # e.g. CN=${username},OU=Users,OU=UserControl,OU=MyOrganization,DC=MyDomain
 #
@@ -1941,6 +1951,9 @@ realm.ldap.email = email
 realm.ldap.uid = uid
 
 # Defines whether to synchronize all LDAP users and teams into the user service
+# This requires either anonymous LDAP access or that a specific account is set
+# in realm.ldap.username and realm.ldap.password, that has permission to read
+# users and groups in LDAP.
 #
 # Valid values: true, false
 # If left blank, false is assumed