=== LDAP Authentication ===
Contributors: redgecko
Tags: authentication, ldap
Requires at least: 2.7
Tested up to: 2.7.1
Stable tag: 1.0

Authenticates users through LDAP.

== Description ==

This plugin allows WordPress to authenticate users against an LDAP.
To tell the truth, this is a hard modified version of Active Directory Authentication plugin.

It is very easy to set up. Just activate the plugin, type in a LDAP server, and you're done.

You can use this plugin in a few different ways.

(a) You can create WordPress accounts which match the names of your LDAP accounts, and create these users from within the WordPress Users panel. Only the users you create in WordPress will be able to log in.

(b) You can tick a checkbox so that anyone who can authenticate via LDAP can log on. A WordPress account will be automatically created for the user if one does not already exist, with the default user role.

(c) You can list the names of LDAP groups who you want to allow to log on to WordPress. For each group in LDAP, you can specify a corresponding WordPress user role. (I find this to be very useful along with the "Role Management" plugin.)

You can also combine the above however you like.


== Installation ==

1. Login as an existing user, such as admin.
2. Upload the folder named `ldap-authentication` to your plugins folder, usually `wp-content/plugins`.
3. Activate the plugin on the Plugins screen.
4. Enable the "Admin SSL" plugin (or anything that redirects the logon page to an SSL connection) so that your passwords are not sent in cleartext.  

Note: This plugin has only been tested with WordPress 2.7.1 and above, and I do not think it will work on older versions of WordPress.