Topic: ownCloud (Private cloud server)

[guest22]

For this http://owncloud.org/, I tested this http://wiki.contribs.org/OwnCloud

It works

[raem]

RequestedDeletion

It's a good idea to add the Category (or Categories) to the end of each wiki article you create.
eg
----
[[Category:Howto]]
[[Category: Backup]]
[[Category: Webapps]]

There is also the "level" categorisation, which is placed at the beginning of the article
{{Level|Medium}}

Those "tags" make the article more visible/searchable amongst the wiki articles.


See here
http://wiki.contribs.org/Category:Categorisation
and
http://wiki.contribs.org/Category:Howto

Thanks

[Franco]

Please share the LDAP authentication experiences and what exactly are you planning on doing.
I'm assuming you plan to authenticate the SME users against the Owncloud service.
I have tried to use the LDAP service before on services outside the SME (web filter on router with SME as server-only) and also within it (Joomla), but I did not succeed.

Thanks,

[Knyte]

Hey, thanks for drawing attention to this...exactly something I've been looking for.  Got it working without much difficulty at all.

Integrating with SME LDAP would be sweet, would love to learn how to do that.

[guest22]

*** all information has been included in the how-to here: http://wiki.contribs.org/OwnCloud ***

Hi,

just tested ldap authentication with the latest owncloud 4.5.4

1. log in as admin who installed owncloud
2. go to apps and enable ldap authentication backend
3. go to admin, ldap section
4. use below settings:

Host: localhost
Base DN: dc=[yourdomain],dc=[com] (as seen in the 'directory' section in SME server manager)
User DN: uid=admin,ou=Users,dc=[yourdomain],dc=[com]
Password: [SME admin password]
User Login Filter: uid=%uid
User List Filter: objectClass=person

For the variables between brackets [], use your specific settings. Maybe you can test creating a specific user and use that username password opposed to using the admin's credentials.

This will enable basic authentication against SME ldap op the SAME server. Let us know how you go!

ps. After setting the ldap settings, mak sure you test and save the settings. I experienced that (with Google Chrome) I could not log out, and had to close Chrome completely and re-launch. Then all went fine.

[Knyte]

heh, I'll be d*mned, that worked...thanks heaps!

EDIT:  any thoughts on how to connect to the SME groups?  It'd be a nice-to-have if the ownCloud groups matched SME's groups.

[guest22]

I challenge you to do a little digin' on your own, and surprise us with your succes. All you need is given already.

[Knyte]

haha I knew that was coming!  No worries I can figure it out.  cheers

[mmccarn]

Does the ldap authentication module create new users in owncloud automatically in a way that allows them to work with the sync client?

I've been playing with IMAP authentication, and have found that if I login as a new user:
- owncloud (web) works fine.
- the owncloud sync utility won't connect until I manually create an entry in the oc_users table, then login to the web interface and "change" my password in owncloud to match my imap password.

I'd like to second Knyte's expression of appreciation.  I haven't been this excited about playing with a new web app for months!

[purvis]

Is OwnCloud the only option to sharing files, pictures, and video on a sme server with some mobile app. And to say, "Have it all your way rolled in one package".

[Stefano]

Purvis.. is yours a question?

[purvis]

Stefano, i was hoping it was a question. lol

[guest22]

Well, Daniel has created a contrib for this http://openupload.sourceforge.net/ , which he explains here: http://wiki.contribs.org/OpenUpload

[purvis]

Thank you RequestedDeletion for the input. I looked it(openupload) over.

[Knyte]

Tidbit to pass along:

It seems when creating a user in SME, with ownCloud integrated via LDAP, it takes a while before the new user can log into ownCloud.  Also, the error "Can't get cache storage, user not logged in" begins to log in the ownCloud Warning Log.

To fix this, and allow the new user to log in immediately, go to Settings -> Admin -> LDAP/Advanced Tab

Change the Cache Time To Live + or -1.  This forces the cache to update, and the new user will be able to log in to ownCloud straight away.