Ok, it's version 3.3 so its obsolete. Is there any other way to get a logfile for this?! here the LDAP part of my xwiki.cfg could you please have a look at this? do i need the FQDN or is name/ip enough for the server config? # LDAP #------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xwiki.authentication.authclass=com.xpn.xwiki.user.impl.LDAP.XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl xwiki.authentication.ldap=1 xwiki.authentication.ldap.server=ewudc01 xwiki.authentication.ldap.port=389 xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_DN={0} xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_pass={1} #-# The Base DN used in LDAP searches xwiki.authentication.ldap.base_DN=CN=Users,DC=w2k,DC=rto,DC=dec,DC=com regards, Niko 2012/1/20 Thomas Mortagne <thomas.mortagne(a)xwiki.com>om>:

that is what i already did but unfortunately without result. i just started with wiki and linux/unix so i dont know what to do next because i actually still dont know what my problem is and how to fix that. my LDAP part in xwiki.cfg # LDAP #------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- xwiki.authentication.authclass=com.xpn.xwiki.user.impl.LDAP.XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl xwiki.authentication.ldap=1 xwiki.authentication.ldap.server=192.168.220.80 xwiki.authentication.ldap.port=389 xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_DN={0} xwiki.authentication.ldap.bind_pass={1} xwiki.authentication.ldap.base_DN=DC=w2k,DC=rto,DC=dec,DC=com xwiki.authentication.ldap.UID_attr=cn also i cant find any logs..i thought its logged in the tomcat log files but there is nothing about ldap/connection problems. I'm at my wits' end :(

This messages shows up all the time I try to login.. 2012-01-23 13:47:49,407 [http://192.168.220.127:8080/xwiki/bin/loginsubmit/XWiki/XWikiLogin] WARN o.x.v.i.DefaultVelocityEngine - Deprecated usage of method [com.xpn.xwiki.api.XWiki.parseMessage] in /templates/login.vm@29,33 And the only thing about LDAP is 2012-01-16 14:08:00,565 [http://192.168.220.127:8080/xwiki/bin/admin/XWiki/XWikiPreferences?editor=g…] ERROR aultExtensionRepositoryManager - Failed to search on repository [org.xwiki.extension.repository.xwiki.internal.XWikiExtensionRepository@7578bbf2] with pattern=[ldap], offset=[0] and nb=[20]. Ignore and got to next repository. But I guess this is something from the LDAP Tools extension I have installed previously and maybe that’s my problem because there is still something left in xwiki and I can’t uninstall it. We are using Active Directory on Windows Server 2003 and trying to authenticate via LDAP. Regards, Niko

thanks for that hint...i had it in the logback.xml on my local pc and just forgot to replace the file on the wiki server.. now i get some messages regarding LDAP :) this is what i get if i just start tomcat 2012-01-23 16:20:29,999 [http://192.168.220.127:8080/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome] TRACE u.i.L.XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl - Starting LDAP authentication 2012-01-23 16:20:30,002 [http://192.168.220.127:8080/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome] DEBUG u.i.L.XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl - The provided user is null. We don't try to authenticate, it probably means the user is in non logged mode. 2012-01-23 16:20:30,895 [http://192.168.220.127:8080/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome] ERROR o.i.ObservationContextListener - Can't find any begin event corresponding to [class org.xwiki.bridge.event.ActionExecutedEvent (view)] 2012-01-23 16:20:30,908 [http://192.168.220.127:8080/xwiki/bin/login/XWiki/XWikiLogin?srid=w2ltzX7K&…] TRACE u.i.L.XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl - Starting LDAP authentication 2012-01-23 16:20:30,908 [http://192.168.220.127:8080/xwiki/bin/login/XWiki/XWikiLogin?srid=w2ltzX7K&…] DEBUG u.i.L.XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl - The provided user is null. We don't try to authenticate, it probably means the user is in non logged mode. 2012-01-23 16:20:31,075 [http://192.168.220.127:8080/xwiki/bin/login/XWiki/XWikiLogin?srid=w2ltzX7K&…] WARN o.x.v.i.DefaultVelocityEngine - Deprecated usage of method [com.xpn.xwiki.api.XWiki.parseMessage] in /templates/login.vm@29,33 and this comes after trying to login with AD user 2012-01-23 16:23:34,440 [http://192.168.220.127:8080/xwiki/bin/loginsubmit/XWiki/XWikiLogin] TRACE u.i.L.XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl - Starting LDAP authentication 2012-01-23 16:23:34,440 [http://192.168.220.127:8080/xwiki/bin/loginsubmit/XWiki/XWikiLogin] DEBUG u.i.L.XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl - The provided user is null. We don't try to authenticate, it probably means the user is in non logged mode. 2012-01-23 16:23:34,441 [http://192.168.220.127:8080/xwiki/bin/loginsubmit/XWiki/XWikiLogin] TRACE u.i.L.XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl - Starting LDAP authentication 2012-01-23 16:23:34,449 [http://192.168.220.127:8080/xwiki/bin/loginsubmit/XWiki/XWikiLogin] DEBUG c.x.x.p.l.XWikiLDAPConfig - ldap_group_classes: [groupofnames, groupwisedistributionlist, dynamicgroup, dynamicgroupaux, groupofuniquenames, group] 2012-01-23 16:23:34,450 [http://192.168.220.127:8080/xwiki/bin/loginsubmit/XWiki/XWikiLogin] DEBUG c.x.x.p.l.XWikiLDAPConfig - ldap_group_memberfields: [member, uniquemember] 2012-01-23 16:23:34,450 [http://192.168.220.127:8080/xwiki/bin/loginsubmit/XWiki/XWikiLogin] DEBUG u.i.L.XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl - LDAP authentication failed: LDAP not activ 2012-01-23 16:23:34,451 [http://192.168.220.127:8080/xwiki/bin/loginsubmit/XWiki/XWikiLogin] DEBUG u.i.L.XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl - Trying authentication against XWiki DB 2012-01-23 16:23:34,462 [http://192.168.220.127:8080/xwiki/bin/loginsubmit/XWiki/XWikiLogin] DEBUG u.i.L.XWikiLDAPAuthServiceImpl - LDAP authentication failed for user [Niko Test] 2012-01-23 16:23:34,656 [http://192.168.220.127:8080/xwiki/bin/loginsubmit/XWiki/XWikiLogin] WARN o.x.v.i.DefaultVelocityEngine - Deprecated usage of method [com.xpn.xwiki.api.XWiki.parseMessage] in /templates/login.vm@29,33 i thought the authentication will start if i enter username and password in wiki.. is there a order in the xwiki.cfg LDAP configuration line?

Thank you so much for your help :) Finally its working and you were right..had to change it in xwiki preferences. Now i only have to set up the groups :)