[Koha-bugs] [Bug 18947] New: Active Directory LDAP authentication broken

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18947

            Bug ID: 18947
           Summary: Active Directory LDAP authentication broken
 Change sponsored?: ---
           Product: Koha
           Version: 17.05
          Hardware: All
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P5 - low
         Component: Authentication
          Assignee: koha-bugs at lists.koha-community.org
          Reporter: helpdesk at neci.edu
        QA Contact: testopia at bugs.koha-community.org
                CC: dpavlin at rot13.org

Commit 68c365ea8ab536a85d92d3769b0bbaa0e1691116 introduced the following line
in Auth_with_ldap.pm:

$ldap->{anonymous_bind} = 1 unless $ldapname && $ldappassword;

There is no comment in the code or the Git commit log as to why.

This change silently overrides the settings in koha-conf.xml and causes a
previously functional setup with LDAP authentication against Active Directory
to fail unless koha-conf.xml defines values for <user> and <pass>. As user and
pass are only used if auth_by_bind and anonymous_bind are both false, their
values should not come into play in the other cases.

Prior to this change, KOHA would bind against AD with the user supplied
credentials, as expected. With the change, KOHA attempts an anonymous bind and
then tries to search for the supplied user name. As there was no valid bind in
place, AD rejects the attempt.

Workaround: enter some value for <user> and <pass> in the ldapserver
configuration block. These do not have to be real credentials as KOHA will not
attempt to use them now that auth_by_bind has priority again.

Note: there is an apparent duplicate attempt to do the same further down, by
setting $config{anonymous} to ($ldapname and $ldappassword) ? 0 : 1, although
that key is not used anywhere in Auth_by_ldap.pm

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