ldap_user_create_mode 'auto' does not seems to work

[pixrl]

Hello,
Using version 2.5.0.beta2
I am trying to set up discourse with Active Directory. When I use 'LDAP Authentication' I am getting redirected to the discourse home page. There are no window called 'Create new account'
It seems like 'auto' mode does not work.

When I create account with the same email then I can use AD credentials to log in and it is working fine. But I would like to have an account created automatically.

Any suggestions?

[jonmbake]

Hi.

Did you clear your browsers cookies? Is there anything logged in the server log?

[raucao]

We just set up a new Discourse with this plugin, and the auto creation doesn't work for us either. Instead of creating the account automatically, there is an interstitial popup asking to choose a real name and then press a button to actually create the account.

Is there a way to turn this off and just log users in directly? Or maybe I misunderstood the explanation of auto mode?

[jonmbake]

@skddc I believe if you turn off Use real names in your Admin Settings, it will automatically create the account and will not prompt for real name.

[jonmbake]

A way to update the plugin to support real name might be to update the User creation code, e.g.

discourse-ldap-auth/lib/ldap_user.rb

Line 31 in 8ccbfd9

@user = User.create!(name: self.name, email: self.email, username: self.username)

, to set user#full_name: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blame/721ee3642558d960db9345c6238a457aa7f5d674/app/models/user.rb#L106.

It would require a bit more investigation.

[raucao]

@skddc I believe if you turn off Use real names in your Admin Settings, it will automatically create the account and will not prompt for real name.

Thanks! I had another look and also found this one:

The popup is gone now.