--- On 11/13/06, Simon Renshaw simon@benchmarkconsulting.com wrote:

How complex is the LDAP Authentication to setup?

Not very complex. Once you've got all the required stuff, you've to download LdapAuthentication.php, put it into the includes directory, and make some changes to LocalSettings.php (explained at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/LDAP_Authentication)

Many users using LDAP authentication have shared their experiences in the section "User Provided Examples" at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/LDAP_Authentication_Configuration_Examples

Also see the talk pages for these two articles. Many FAQs and queries have been answered there. If you run into any problems, just drop a note at the these talk pages.

I'm pretty much a PHP noob. How can I check if my installation of PHP supports LDAP?

This command will show you list of all compiled modules: php -m

If ldap is in the list, your installation is fine.

If not, install the suitable package php-ldap/php4-ldap/php5-ldap:

For Debian etal: apt-get install php5-ldap

For RPM-based distros such as Fedora: yum install php5-ldap

For other operating systems or distros, I don't have much idea. But, asking the question at any PHP forum should help.