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Feature #9527

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Add ability for LDAP extended query on groups in RFC2307 containers.

Added by Steve Powers over 5 years ago. Updated almost 4 years ago.

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
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Category:
Authentication
Target version:
Start date:
05/16/2019
Due date:
% Done:

100%

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Description

We have successfully deployed OpenLDAP authentication on several pfSense units, but needed to limit access to certain units based on LDAP group definitions. Support for this seems to be included for Active Directory implementations via the 'Extended Query' functionality, but when the LDAP directory uses RFC 2307 style group membership, the Extended Query does not have the ability to query the group container - I had no replies in the forum on this ability, so took at look at the PHP codebase which verified that it was not currently implemented.

I have put together a patch, that will abstract out the group container query, using the Extended Query syntax when the RFC2307 checkbox is selected. It will walk though the Authentication containers as per the original code.

I have attached the patch for comment, and to gauge interest in applying this to the main codebase.


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Related to Bug #13093: LDAP authentication fails with extended query and RFC2307 group lookups enabledFeedbackJim Pingle

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Actions #1

Updated by Jim Pingle over 5 years ago

  • Category set to User Manager / Privileges
  • Target version set to 2.5.0

This looks good to me at a glance, do you mind submitting this as a pull request on Github?

https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/development/submitting-a-pull-request-via-github.html

Thanks!

Actions #2

Updated by Steve Powers over 5 years ago

I noticed there was an erroneous reference to $userdn in the last debug() function, this updated patch removes that:

Actions #3

Updated by Steve Powers over 5 years ago

Jim Pingle wrote:

This looks good to me at a glance, do you mind submitting this as a pull request on Github?

https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/development/submitting-a-pull-request-via-github.html

Thanks!

I have submitted a pull request. Many thanks.

https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/pull/4067

Actions #4

Updated by Jim Pingle over 5 years ago

  • Category changed from User Manager / Privileges to Authentication
Actions #5

Updated by Jim Pingle over 5 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Pull Request Review
Actions #6

Updated by Renato Botelho about 5 years ago

  • Status changed from Pull Request Review to Feedback
  • Assignee set to Renato Botelho
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

PR has been merged. Thanks!

Actions #7

Updated by Chris Linstruth over 4 years ago

I don't think this is quite flexible enough. In the case of FreeIPA, for instance, the posixGroups list the member DNs in the member: attributes. This will not match because it is only searching for "(member=$username)" not "(member=$dn_returned_by_initial_user_query)"

What directory lists group members as simple usernames and not DNs?

Actions #8

Updated by Viktor Gurov over 4 years ago

Chris Linstruth wrote:

I don't think this is quite flexible enough. In the case of FreeIPA, for instance, the posixGroups list the member DNs in the member: attributes. This will not match because it is only searching for "(member=$username)" not "(member=$dn_returned_by_initial_user_query)"

What directory lists group members as simple usernames and not DNs?

Fix:
https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/pull/4366

Actions #9

Updated by Jim Pingle over 4 years ago

  • Status changed from Feedback to Pull Request Review
Actions #10

Updated by Renato Botelho over 4 years ago

  • Status changed from Pull Request Review to Feedback

PR has been merged. Thanks!

Actions #11

Updated by Viktor Gurov over 4 years ago

See also #5461

Actions #12

Updated by Viktor Gurov over 4 years ago

  • Status changed from Feedback to Resolved

works as expected on 2.5.0.a.20200716.1250
tested with FreeIPA server 4.8.4

Search example:

ldapsearch -h 192.168.1.11 -p 389 -D uid=admin,cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=lab,dc=int -w123 -b 'dc=lab,dc=int' "(&(member=uid=ipatest,cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=lab,dc=int)(&(objectClass=groupofnames)(cn=vpnipa)(member=*)))" 
# extended LDIF
#
# LDAPv3
# base <dc=lab,dc=int> with scope subtree
# filter: (&(member=uid=ipatest,cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=lab,dc=int)(&(objectClass=groupofnames)(cn=vpnipa)(member=*)))
# requesting: ALL
#

# vpnipa, groups, accounts, lab.int
dn: cn=vpnipa,cn=groups,cn=accounts,dc=lab,dc=int
cn: vpnipa
objectClass: top
objectClass: groupofnames
objectClass: nestedgroup
objectClass: ipausergroup
objectClass: ipaobject
objectClass: posixgroup
ipaUniqueID: 925d9524-c7ed-11ea-9001-860d7bafc7f2
gidNumber: 1000000004
member: uid=ipatest,cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=lab,dc=int

Actions #13

Updated by Viktor Gurov over 4 years ago

  • Status changed from Resolved to Feedback

it works only if parent container is selected in the Authentication containers field, i.e.:
Authentication containers = cn=accounts,dc=lab,dc=int

but if cn=users,cn=accounts,dc=lab,dc=int and cn=groups,cn=accounts,dc=lab,dc=int is selected in the Authentication containers field, it doesn't work

Actions #14

Updated by Jim Pingle about 4 years ago

  • Status changed from Feedback to New

I reverted e924485c9e681771806fe3ee63ed746152fcbcb9 -- Previously working LDAP servers started to fail with no change in configuration. All attempts to bind resulted in "Extended group search resulted in error: Bad search filter"

Actions #15

Updated by Viktor Gurov about 4 years ago

Jim Pingle wrote:

I reverted e924485c9e681771806fe3ee63ed746152fcbcb9 -- Previously working LDAP servers started to fail with no change in configuration. All attempts to bind resulted in "Extended group search resulted in error: Bad search filter"

Fixed:
https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/pull/4458

Actions #16

Updated by Jim Pingle about 4 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Pull Request Review
Actions #17

Updated by Renato Botelho about 4 years ago

  • Status changed from Pull Request Review to Feedback

PR has been merged. Thanks!

Actions #18

Updated by Anonymous about 4 years ago

  • Assignee changed from Renato Botelho to Steve Powers
Actions #19

Updated by Chris Linstruth almost 4 years ago

  • Status changed from Feedback to Resolved

Tested against FreeIPA. Looks like it works great. Thank you!

Actions #20

Updated by Viktor Gurov over 2 years ago

  • Related to Bug #13093: LDAP authentication fails with extended query and RFC2307 group lookups enabled added
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