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Current File(s): conf/authn/password-authn-config.xml, conf/ldap.properties, conf/authn/ldap-authn-config.xml (V4.0), conf/authn/authn.properties (V4.1+)
Format: Native Spring

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titleAttribute Retrieval

LDAP attributes are returned as part of the authentication process and exposed in the LDAPResponseContext.

Property

Sample

Result

idp.authn.LDAP.returnAttributes

uid,

eduPersonAffiliation

Returns the uid and

eduPersonAffiliation attributes.

*

Returns all user attributes on the entry.

*,+

Returns all user and operational attributes on the entry.

1.1

No attribute returned. No search performed.

By default, attributes will be searched for using the same connection the user authenticated on. Therefore the user must have read on any attributes for those to be returned.

If you need access to attributes that user does not have read access to, then you must configure a connection pool that is authorized to read that data. The following configuration demonstrates how to add a new connection pool for that purpose.

Spring Configuration
Code Block
languagexml
<!-- Modify the authenticator to use the entry resolver -->
<bean name="anonSearchAuthenticator" class="org.ldaptive.auth.Authenticator" p:entryResolver-ref="bindSearchEntryResolver">
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<!-- Add an entry resolver to read attributes -->
<bean id="bindSearchEntryResolver" class="org.ldaptive.auth.PooledSearchEntryResolver" p:connectionFactory-ref="entryResolverPooledConnectionFactory" />
<bean id="entryResolverPooledConnectionFactory" class="org.ldaptive.pool.PooledConnectionFactory" p:connectionPool-ref="entryResolverConnectionPool" />
<bean id="entryResolverConnectionPool" class="org.ldaptive.pool.BlockingConnectionPool" parent="connectionPool" p:connectionFactory-ref="entryResolverConnectionFactory" p:name="entry-resolver-pool" />
<bean id="entryResolverConnectionFactory" class="org.ldaptive.DefaultConnectionFactory" p:connectionConfig-ref="entryResolverConnectionConfig" />
<bean id="entryResolverConnectionConfig" parent="connectionConfig" p:connectionInitializer-ref="entryResolverConnectionInitializer" />
<bean id="entryResolverConnectionInitializer" class="org.ldaptive.BindConnectionInitializer" p:bindDn="%{idp.authn.LDAP.entryResolver.bindDN}">
    <property name="bindCredential">
        <bean class="org.ldaptive.Credential">
            <constructor-arg value="%{idp.authn.LDAP.entryResolver.bindDNCredential}" />
        </bean>
    </property>
</bean>

Add the idp.authn.LDAP.entryResolver.bindDN and idp.authn.LDAP.entryResolver.bindDNCredential properties to conf/ldap.properties and credentials/secrets.properties respectively. Then set idp.authn.LDAP.authenticator to anonSearchAuthenticator. to complete the configuration.

Note: if you're using the bindSearchAuthenticator and those credentials can be reused for entry resolution, then this configuration can be shortened by wiring the bindPooledConnectionFactory to the entry resolver.

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