diff --git a/security/ldap.rst b/security/ldap.rst index d449a6851e5..5bff1ae9925 100644 --- a/security/ldap.rst +++ b/security/ldap.rst @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ use the ``ldap`` user provider. data. It's a static user defined by its username and password (for improved security, define the password as an environment variable). - If your LDAP server allows to retrieve information anonymously, you can + If your LDAP server allows retrieval of information anonymously, you can set the ``search_dn`` and ``search_password`` options to ``null``. The ``ldap`` user provider supports many different configuration options: @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ search_dn **type**: ``string`` **default**: ``null`` This is your read-only user's DN, which will be used to authenticate -against the LDAP server in order to fetch the user's information. +against the LDAP server to fetch the user's information. search_password ............... @@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ search_password **type**: ``string`` **default**: ``null`` This is your read-only user's password, which will be used to authenticate -against the LDAP server in order to fetch the user's information. +against the LDAP server to fetch the user's information. default_roles ............. @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ load the user ``fabpot``, the final string will be: ``(uid=fabpot)``. If you pass ``null`` as the value of this option, the default filter is used ``({uid_key}={username})``. -In order to prevent `LDAP injection`_, the username will be escaped. +To prevent `LDAP injection`_, the username will be escaped. The syntax for the ``filter`` key is defined by `RFC4515`_. @@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ dn_string **type**: ``string`` **default**: ``{username}`` -This key defines the form of the string used in order to compose the +This key defines the form of the string used to compose the DN of the user, from the username. The ``{username}`` string is replaced by the actual username of the person trying to authenticate.
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